Coming Soon – Joint NRLCA/USPS Safety Teams
You may have noticed teams that include a rural carrier and manager coming to local offices. This is part of a newly created joint initiative between the NRLCA and USPS dealing with rural carrier safety. These teams go to offices to evaluate the safety of the office and talk with ...
Whose fault is it anyway?
My previous editorial "The Union Membership" raised some hackles. Good, that is exactly what I wanted it to do. Sometimes we have to instigate people to think about things from a different perspective. If we are only surrounded by those with the exact same opinion, then we might not ever ...
The Union membership.
Not sure if most of you know this, but I usually stay on the union "bad" list for the information I share. I am accused of letting non members have information only meant for union members. I have heard this accusation since the beginning of this website. Yes, I do ...
GMAC – Provider of RLC Vehicle Insurance Plan Becomes National General Insurance
As the provider of the RLC Vehicle Insurance Plan, GMAC Insurance is pleased to announce that we are now National General Insurance. We are the same world-class company – powered by the same great people – just with a brand new look and name! As National General Insurance, we ...
Rural Time Standard Engineer Study Update
A quick update- (Thank you Mike) The 3 time-study engineers are out and about in the field now. They visited several offices in the Greensboro district and even rode with one carrier. All 3 are very impressed with the work that we do and the many tasks we have to ...
Funeral procession for slain Rural Carrier Marie Youngblood
Over 700 friends, family and co-workers attended the funeral service for Marie Youngblood, the Rural Mail Carrier from Shepherd that was gunned down May 17th as she delivered mail on her route. Her vehicle was then driven to another location and burned with her in it. The service Saturday morning ...
A very disturbing trend has appeared among rural carriers…
I have come across a disturbing trend among rural carriers these last couple of months. I hear from so many that this is not the time to worry about our rights as rural carriers.. and that we have bigger things to worry about. While, I certainly understand that the USPS ...
Brief history of the rural craft
The following brief history recap is from Mort on delphi, he has combined his memory of things, along with facts from “A Centennial Portrait” by Lester F. Miller Very interesting read for those of us that were not around back in the 1970s… Thanks Mort.. Here is some history for ...
Response from USPS law/ethics department regarding the USPS social media policy
My Question: Does the new revised social media policy restrict craft employees from engaging with each other on social media sites.. My understanding is that the new policies are that postal employees are not to speak on behalf of the USPS or act like they are in an official capacity.. ...
United we Stand? Not Quite….
United we stand?? Do we as a union stand united? Are we all for one and one for all? In my opinion, no we are not. We are nothing like the labor unions of the old days. We really do not have the kind of power they had back then ...
I am a fraud, a rural stalker, an IMPOSTER… Oh the horror
Ruralinfo.net note: This is a blast from the past.. Something I wrote a couple of years ago... Still makes me giggle to this day.. Enjoy! Ok, so, I got word that one certain State Steward is telling carriers in his state that moi (ruralinfo) has been checked out by the ...
The USPS Double Standard..
Historical Editorial - Not recent- you will see references to past events The latest GAO report about spending by management just shows that the the USPS recession only affects craft workers. http://www.uspsoig.gov/foia_files/FF-AR-10-025.pdf While craft jobs are being cut management is continuing business as usual.. There is a new VP of ...
History is a painful reminder of just how much HAS NOT changed!! 113 years later…
The National Postal Museum has an excellent new exhibit on the history of Rural Free Delivery. Rural Free Delivery began on October 1st, 1896. That was 113 years ago. I will add the link to it below, but first, as I was looking at the exhibit, I came across something ...
10 things you might not know about the USPS
Presidential Postal Workers Two postmasters became US Presidents later in their careers. Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman. Truman held the title and signed papers but immediately turned the position and its pay over to an assistant. Lincoln was the only President who had served as a postmaster. Famous Postal Workers ...
Route Vehicles and Inequality
Yesterday, I asked a simple question of my followers on Facebook. I asked them, “How many days of your annual leave or LWOP have you had to sacrifice for the sake of vehicle repairs?” This stirred a lot of rural carriers up BIG TIME. Of course most had used a ...
What have unions done? Here’s what….
I put these facts together because I am really growing tired of all of the anti-union rhetoric and propaganda that seems to be the popular opinion these days. Americans have forgotten that the middle class was built on unions. If you receive paid holidays, thank a union. If you receive ...
Wrong side driving. Does the USPS condone it or not?
There was an article written in the Roanoke Times this week about rural carriers delivering from the right side while reaching across to the left to use the steering wheel and brake/gas controls. The reporter contacted me a couple of months ago asking if he could post on my message ...