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
I am seeing a lot of posts about carriers returning from their state conventions. I would love if someone would put together some highlights I can share with everyone. With the huge growth of this website and our various social networks, surely someone is willing to step up for me.. There have been several in … Read more
I bet there are a lot of you who have never seen one of these.. I used one when I first came to work for the USPS.. So who can tell me what it is and what it was for? I will share the answer after I see if anyone knows!! This is … Read more
Huge Thank You going out to Jerri Michelle Gatewood for sharing her information with all of us. First a couple of major issues: Convention entertainment: It is with great joy that I announce that after seven years of personal grass root efforts and informing others our hard work has paid off.. Jeanette Dwyer has announced no … Read more
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This is a Ruralinfo.net Editorial. Click here to see all Ruralinfo.net editiorials It never ceases to amaze me when a carrier happens upon Ruralinfo.net and then proceeds to tell us how much they love their job and they wonder why everyone complains so much on my website. They wonder why there is so much negative … Read more
By John Amtsfield Former State Steward, New Jersey Some of these are a little bit dated, but still a great list. 1. Creation of PTF rural employees so that some relief personnel are career employees with benefits. 2. No Layoff clause. 3. RCAs earn leave while serving on auxiliary route or on vacant regular route … Read more
If your office has implemented the RED LINE Policy, where you are not allowed, after returning from your route to the office, to take anything across the RED LINE or back to your case. If management is requiring you to do additional duties, that you were not given credit for during last mail count, like waiting … Read more
My previous editorial “The Union Membership” raised some hackles. Good, that is exactly what I wanted it to do. Sometimes we have to instigate people to think about things from a different perspective. If we are only surrounded by those with the exact same opinion, then we might not ever be challenged to look at … Read more
Not sure if most of you know this, but I usually stay on the union “bad” list for the information I share. I am accused of letting non members have information only meant for union members. I have heard this accusation since the beginning of this website. Yes, I do share information that is … Read more
I have come across a disturbing trend among rural carriers these last couple of months. I hear from so many that this is not the time to worry about our rights as rural carriers.. and that we have bigger things to worry about. While, I certainly understand that the USPS is in dire consequences, this … Read more