I keep hearing from RCAs that say they are being told by their Postmaster/Supervisor that all RCAs get paid hourly instead of evaluated during the Christmas period. This is NOT correct. Only RCAs that are designation 79 will get paid hourly during the Christmas period. Most rural carriers hired after 1987 are Designation 78 … Read more
Good news. The ruralinfo.net redesigned mobile app is now back up. A couple of things to know: IMPORTANT – Before installing, please delete the old Ruralinfo app from your device. Some new features have been added. I hope you like them.. Download for Apple Download for Android Browser App Scan the QR code on the … Read more
Just a quick FYI on the engineer study. Both parties received the study results November 1 they have 30 days to review and take questions and concerns back to the engineers. Note: This info came from a very reliable source, so things are moving on this. We will get there, I promise. It is just … Read more
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A very important FYI for anyone that uses their personally owned vehicle to deliver mail. Though an insurance company may tell you that your vehicle is covered please do not rely on it. This person had a commercial policy with Progressive.. Also here is some important info from the USPS on tort claims.. https://knowledgebase.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tort-claim1.pdf Please share … Read more
It is that time again. Every year the NALC sponsors the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. In 2010, the NRLCA became an official partner of the food drive. I am not going to get into whether you should help or not as that is an issue that rears it’s head every year in the world … 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
A Ruralinfo.net editorial A couple of years ago, Amazon had an epiphany. They decided they could start their own delivery service to cut out the middle man. (i.e. UPS, Fedex, USPS) So they went full steam ahead and started hiring people off the street to deliver their parcels. It started first in the big cities, but … Read more
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
By Ruralinfo.net You might have seen an article I posted yesterday about the Postal Service approving new larger mailbox standards. While it will not affect boxes currently on rural routes, (unless a customer voluntarily goes to the larger box) it will NOT be good for the craft as a whole. I hope most of you … Read more
These updates were sent to Ruralinfo.net by a trusted source and were confirmed as correct by several other sources. Please join me in thanking those that want to keep information flowing to rural carriers. If not for them, thousands of dues paying rural carriers would be left in the dark wondering what might be happening … Read more
The rural carrier contract ends on May 20th, 2015. Just two days from now. The NRLCA previously announced back in March that they were going into negotiations but we have not received any information. Will we get any information before it expires, or will be be left wondering what the future holds? Are they holding … Read more
Two years ago this month, specifically May 17th, one of own was brutally murdered by a customer. If you are not familiar with the story, she was delivering mail and a customer waited for her, shot her and burned her mail vehicle with her body inside. It feels kind of brutal to describe it like that, … Read more
THE PS FORM 4003 This form is to update a route for regular carriers, but it also affects a relief carrier’s paycheck if it is not updated. RCAs also need to know this information!! The PS Form 4003 contains all the route’s current, active delivery data including an official line of travel, current number of deliveries, … Read more
In July, Wheeler Bros., Inc. (WBI) was awarded a delivery order to supply 10,000 engineered shelving kits to the United States Postal Service for use in the Long Life Delivery Vehicles (LLV). This delivery order has a value of $2.9 million, with an option to purchase up to 40,000 additional kits following the initial delivery. … Read more