Per the 2021-2024 Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS: Effective the Presidents’ Day 2023 holiday, regular rural carriers who work their holiday, at their option, may elect to have their annual leave balance credited with one day of annual leave in lieu of holiday pay. DACA Code G has been established for this purpose and … Read more
System Updates: There will be system maintenance of HCES from Saturday, February 18, at 6:00 AM (CT), through Tuesday, February 21, at 6:00 AM (CT). This system outage will affect Rural JBM. During this time frame, rural carriers will be unable to submit job bids for posted vacancies. Rural carriers may attempt to submit bids … Read more
In accordance with Article 9.1.A.2, effective November 19, 2022 (PP 25-2022), the basic annual salary schedule (Tables One and Two) shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.3% of the appropriate February 27, 2021, salary schedule. Further, in accordance with Article 9.1.H.2, effective November 19, 2022 (PP 25-2022), Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs) and Assistant … Read more
The 2022 National Convention Proceedings are now available. Members can view and download here: https://t.co/dbf6gFgfiL. Happy reading! — National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (@NRLCA) October 27, 2022
The verbatim transcript of the 2022 National Convention is available by request in hard copy to all NRLCA members. Find the form here to request your copy today: https://t.co/4YqcXUtalj — National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (@NRLCA) September 28, 2022
As you know, the Postal Service (USPS) and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) ratified and signed a new collective bargaining agreement on March 23, 2022, approximately 6 months ago. The new ratified agreement covers the period May 21, 2021 through May 20, 2024, and provides much-deserved general wage increases and cost-of-living (COLA) adjustments for … Read more
Congratulations to the 2021-2022 NRLCA Members of the Year!
On August 23, 2022, the NRLCA filed a Step 4 grievance regarding the Postal Service’s refusal to cease working regular rural carriers on routes other than their assigned routes and on Sundays.
It is with great pride that the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association announces its newly-elected National Board for the 2022-2023 Association year: President: Ronnie W. Stutts Vice President: Donald L. Maston Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas K. Turner Director of Labor Relations: Bridget Boseak Director of Steward Operations: Shirley Baffa Executive Committeeman, 4-year term: John Adams Executive Committeeman, … Read more
The daily NRLCA National Convention newsletters can be found here for viewing/downloading: Vol. 116, Issue 01: Monday AM, September 5, 2022 Vol. 116, Issue 02: Monday PM, September 5, 2022 2022 NRLCA National Convention Daily Newsletters
Today, the NRLCA and the Postal Service agreed to postpone the implementation of the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System. The Mini Mail Survey scheduled to begin September 10, 2022 has been cancelled. The reason for the postponement is simple. The Postal Service has failed to provide this Union will the data necessary to validate the … Read more
The RRECS Mini Mail Survey is to be conducted from September 10-23, 2022. Only Random Letters and Flats, Walking Distances, PARS Labels and recurring Miscellaneous Activity not captured by the automated standards, will be measured or counted. Click here for more information and links to useful resources. Mini Mail Survey Presentation NRLCA Mini Mail Survey … Read more
Today, the NRLCA National Board filed a National Step 4 Grievance over the Postal Service’s continued delays in paying the retroactive salary adjustments due to rural carriers under the 2021-2024 National Agreement.
The following is a statement of NRLCA’s position on three very important issues: The safety of rural carriers and the public. Requiring or allowing regular carriers to work on other routes and/or on Sundays. Requiring Leave Replacements to work more than 12 hours in one day.
Effective immediately, when carriers are performing 2nd trips, they must also utilize the Hotkey 6 STARTLOADVEH and Hotkey 7 ENDLOADVEH to capture the load time associated with the 2nd trip. This will ensure proper compensation when RRECS is implemented. In addition, 2nd trips are to continue to be compensated per Handbook F-21 563 and documented on the PS … Read more