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2025 NRLCA Contract Ratification Meeting Schedule

Dear NRLCA Active Craft Member: The NRLCA and the USPS have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement: the 2024-2027 National Agreement between the USPS and the NRLCA. Pursuant to Article XI of the NRLCA Constitution, “National Agreements reached between the Association and the USPS shall be presented to Bargaining Unit Members … Read more

NRLCA – USPS Shipping Equity Act, H.R. 3011, Introduced in House

On April 24, 2025, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) introduced H.R. 3011, the USPS Shipping Equity Act. The NRLCA thanks Congressman Newhouse and Congressman Subramanyam for introducing the USPS Shipping Equity Act, legislation that modernizes outdated regulations and allows the Postal Service to deliver products like wine, beer, and spirits. This act … Read more

Q+A with NRLCA President Don Maston

The president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association discusses President Trump’s push to privatize the Postal Service. Don Maston is president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which has more than 130,000 members delivering mail to rural and suburban communities throughout the U.S. Maston spoke with Ledyard King about President Trump’s push to privatize … Read more

Statement from NRLCA President Don Maston on the Introduction of Bipartisan Anti-Privatization Resolution in the Senate

March 27, 2025 On behalf of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA), I want to thank Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) for his leadership in introducing a bipartisan Senate resolution (S. Res 147) to protect the United States Postal Service (USPS) from privatization. We also deeply appreciate the bipartisan support from his fellow lead sponsors … Read more

NRLCA National Rally on Capitol Hill: Video and News Footage

Rural carriers from across the country joined together with members of the APWU, NALC, and NPMHU on Tuesday, March 25 during the NRLCA Legislative Seminar for a Rally to Protect the U.S. Postal Service from Privatization.   News articles:   After DeJoy’s Departure, Postal Unions Vow to Fight Any Effort to Upend USPS (Government Executive) After … Read more

NRLCA – Resignation of Postmaster General DeJoy

On Monday, March 24, 2025, USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced it would be his last day serving as Postmaster General at the U.S. Postal Service. USPS released the following statements from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors Chair Amber McReynolds: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy After nearly five years as America’s 75th … Read more

Union Presidents of APWU, NALC and NRLCA to speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Mar. 25

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —  American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein, National Association of Letter Carriers President Brian Renfroe and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association President Donald Maston will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, March 25 at 10 a.m. This year, 2025, marks the 250th year of the public United States Postal Service, older than the country, mentioned … Read more

Rural Carriers Rally on Capitol Hill March 25 to Defend the U.S. Postal Service from Recent Threats of Privatization

On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from noon to 1:00 PM, members of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) will rally on Capitol Hill to launch a national campaign to Protect the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from privatization. Over 100 rural letter carriers from across the country, in solidarity with members from the American Postal Workers Union … Read more

Statement from NRLCA President Don Maston on PMG Louis DeJoy’s Letter to Congressional Leaders Regarding the USPS MOU with the GSA and DOGE

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association March 14, 2025 For Immediate Release Statement from National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association President Don Maston on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Letter to Congressional Leaders Regarding the USPS MOU with the Trump Administration’s GSA and DOGE Agencies The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) is analyzing the March 13, 2025 letter from … Read more

Federal Retirement Fairness Act reintroduced in House

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), David Valadao (R-CA), and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 1522). This bipartisan bill would allow certain federal employees, including letter carriers, to make catch-up retirement contributions for time spent as non-career employees after Dec. 31, 1988, making it credible service under the Federal … Read more

Statement from NRLCA President Don Maston on Reported Attempts to Dismantle and Privatize the Postal Service

We are deeply concerned by recent media reports that the Trump Administration plans to disband the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board and seize control of this vital public institution through executive order—a move that paves the way for privatization and the stripping away of the Universal Service Obligation. This strategy threatens the very lifeline that … Read more