In 1989, the AFL-CIO declared that April 28 would be celebrated each year as “Workers’ Memorial Day” to remember workers who were injured or died on the job and renew the fight for safety and protections at work. The date is intentional – April 28 is the day that the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of … Read more
The wife of Sinarda Tyler, a rural carrier in Groton, CT, has an Instagram account dedicated to video clips of Tyler dressed for the 25 days leading to Christmas — often featuring a punny T-shirt, colorful leggings and festive gear that he also wears while making his deliveries. “We do a little story and put it … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Wednesday, the Florida House unanimously passed a bill that would hold dog owners who are deemed dangerous more accountable if their dog hurts someone or another animal. This bill was named after Pamela Rock, who was killed after being attacked by five dogs in Putnam County.
Saturday, May 10th marks the 33rd anniversary of the largest one-day food drive in the nation – the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive. Letter carriers are in the communities they serve every day and often come face to face with a sad reality for far too many, hunger. Each year on the … Read more
The contract does nothing to address systematic wage theft through the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS), a piecework-style system that determines pay not by the actual hours worked but through an opaque algorithm that evaluates how long a route should take to deliver. RRECS was imposed behind carriers’ backs through a side agreement between the NRLCA … Read more
After Mooresville, IN, Rural Carrier Travis Green died last month, his colleagues received permission to drive along his route and past his mother’s house. A video of the postal procession later went viral on social media. Green, 56, worked for the Postal Service for 36 years. Merv Hendricks, a local newspaper columnist, penned a tribute to the beloved Postal … Read more
Both the APWU and NALC will hold rallies this week to protest postal privatization. On Thursday, March 20, the APWU will hold “U.S Mail is Not For Sale!” rallies across the country “to ensure our postal service stays in the hands of the people, not the billionaires.” A map of the locations of the rallies … Read more
Post office employee Brajawn Upshaw had to check his nerves at the door when he auditions for Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood on this Sunday’s American Idol. The 21-year-old from Temple, GA, who has worked at the post office for three years, didn’t have the chutzpah to sign himself up to audition. So his mom Tasha did it for him without him knowing, … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A federal judge in U.S. District Court sentenced Jaden Garay to 24 years and restitution of $640,582 owed to victim Teresa Ramsay, who was the U.S. postal carrier shot in the face nearly two years ago. “The bullet literally came within a hair’s breath of my carotid” said Ramsay standing outside the … Read more
My name is Tim Luce and I’m a rural carrier in Rockford, MI. I’ve been with the Postal Service since 2012. USPS runs in my family. My mom was a clerk for 25 years, my aunt was a rural carrier and my uncle was in maintenance. I originally thought I wanted to teach high school … Read more
ASHEVILLE – The man who pleaded guilty in attempted murder and carjacking of a mail vehicle in connection with the shooting of a Madison County resident in the face will be sentenced this week. Jaden Garay, 25, of Weaverville, was federally indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2023 after the Sept. 5 shooting of Hot Springs … Read more
The House Budget Committee has approved a budget outline that would require substantial cuts to numerous government programs, including most likely federal employee retirement and health insurance benefits. The budget “resolution” now moves to floor voting in the House, where it would take virtual unanimity among Republicans to pass—which has not been the case in … Read more
Automatic upload of W-2 form information to TurboTax and H&R Block for tax year 2024 is unavailable to Postal Service employees. Employees can use PostalEASE to view, print or request duplicate W-2 forms. To access PostalEASE, employees must log into LiteBlue.
President Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate are planning to advance “budget reconciliation” legislation focused on their tax and spending policy priorities, which, on their own, could increase federal deficits. They have circulated lists of alternative spending cuts to offset the costs of funding those priorities, including several options targeting federal retirement and health benefits. These proposed changes either reduce … Read more
The Act was signed into law on January 5, 2025. The Act ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits of over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a “non-covered pension”) because … Read more
The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by employees who were angry about their working conditions. The first recorded use of the term came in 1993, when a Florida … Read more
Amazon’s expansion of its delivery network into rural areas is replacing the United States Postal Service (USPS) as its last mile delivery service and threatening the livelihoods of rural carriers. The e-commerce giant has extended its reach into smaller markets and rural areas, a move that has significant economic implications for rural carriers and raises … Read more