The NRLCA National Board has made every effort to determine whether the Auxiliary and Juniors will hold their conventions in conjunction with our National Convention. As no definite determination has been communicated, the NRLCA National Board can not coordinate any activities with the Auxiliary or Junior Associations at the 2019 Grapevine National Convention. Be advised … Read more
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The Kent County Health Department has had a good response so far from rural carriers to its survey designed for attendees at the National Convention in Grand Rapids. The survey is for ALL attendees regardless of whether they contracted the flu. We are working with the Health Department and urge those who were in Grand … Read more
The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) in Grand Rapids, Michigan is working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to investigate an outbreak of influenza-like illness among attendees of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) National Convention that took place August 12 through August 17 at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, MI. … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2018 For additional information contact: Steve Kelso at (616) 632-7274 or Steve.Kelso@kentcountymi.gov Early Cluster of Flu-Like Illness Confirmed as H1N1 Strain GRAND RAPIDS – The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) have identified the strain of influenza that has now … Read more
At the close of the National Convention in Grand Rapids, we began to receive reports that some attendees were experiencing flu-like symptoms. It is possible that 100 or more convention attendees have been affected. We have been in contact with the Kent County Health Department, which has epidemiologists closely monitoring reports of Influenza A. The … Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Approximately 100 people have fallen ill following a convention held at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, and the county health department is working to learn more. The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association held their annual convention from August 7th to August 18th. When the event wrapped up and attendees … Read more
It is with great pride that the National Rural Letter Carrier’s Association announces its newly-elected National Board for the 2018-2019 Association year: President: Ronnie W. Stutts Vice President: Donald L. Maston Secretary-Treasurer: Clifford D. Dailing Director of Labor Relations: David L. Heather Director of Steward Operations: Susan T. Knapp Executive Committee Chairman: Shirley Baffa Executive … Read more
Skags///Freeloaders///Shame on you for helping rural carriers online/// you are the problem/// if you don’t go to meetings, you don’t deserve the information/// Can anyone guess what all the words and phrases above have in common? They were words and statements made by some of our National officers at state conventions across the country. Aside … Read more
Updates from various sources – Let’s all thank them for giving us the information. Engineer Study Panel chair recommends everything turned over by October 31st, 2017. Parties evaluate and comment by November 30th, 2017. Chair issues final determination by February 28th, 2018 [embeddoc url=”https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-National-convention-notes-2-2.pdf” viewer=”google”] PMG Brennan PMG was present and spontaneously … Read more
This is a fairly technical overview and I do not know what some of the acronyms and such stand for, but there is still some good info to be had. Status Overview Development of system is complete – Beta version available Testing of system components is almost completed Bug fxes and minor enhancements underway Integrated … Read more
Submitted by attendee – Thanks for sharing. You know who you are 😉 Work Place Environment – Harassment The first seminar was Saturday evening from 6:30-9:30 pm. It was given by Joey Johnson, Director of Labor Relations, NRLCA, and David Heather, Director of Steward Operations, NRLCA. This seminar focused on the work place environment. … Read more
The 2016 National Convention Proceedings issue of the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine has been posted in the “Magazine” section of the website under “Current Issue”. CLICK HERE to be directed to the magazine.
Location: Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee Here is what I know that happened at the convention The 2015-2018 contract hard copy should be available by the end of September The engineer study is in a scale up phase and they anticipate there might be some problems with that because there are factors … Read more
The National Board of the NRLCA is pleased to announce the dates and location of the 2020 National Convention. Mark your Calendar! The 116th Annual Convention of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association will be held in Spokane, Washington at the Spokane Convention Center on August 18-21, 2020. Special room rate accommodations will be available … Read more
The coalition the NRLCA has joined with Apwu/mail-handlers/NALC is very important as we lay aside our differences to fight for 6 day delivery, continued door-to-door delivery, fighting plant closing, and the very survival of the postal service. Although the jury is still out in regard to the new PMG, history and press was made with … Read more