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How to request your copy of 2022 National Convention verbatim transcript

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

NEW: Update on Retro Pay Adjustment

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...

Video: NRLCA Members of the Year 2021-2022

Congratulations to the 2021-2022 NRLCA Members of the Year! https://youtu.be/au-kLroqg58

Step 4 Grievance on Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System

On May 31, 2022, the NRLCA filed a Step 4 grievance regarding the Postal Service’s action to begin data collection and implementation of the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) on May 21, 2022.

Election Results: 2022-2023 NRLCA National Board

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,...

RRECS Implementation Postponed

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...

Step 4 for Not Scheduling an (RCA) after Being Involved in an At-Fault Motor Vehicle Accident

This case involved management not scheduling an RCA after being involved in a motor vehicle accident and providing no written discipline nor any notification of suspension of driving privileges. The parties agree based on no written notification the employee should have been scheduled for work that he was contractually...

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Funeral procession for slain Rural Carrier Marie Youngblood

Over 700 friends, family and co-workers attended the funeral service for Marie Youngblood, the Rural Mail Carrier from Shepherd that was gunned down May 17th as she delivered mail on her route. Her vehicle was then driven to another location and burned with her in it. The service Saturday morning...

‘Worked to death’: Postal employees in Missoula say workplace is in crisis

Employees of the U.S. Postal Service in Missoula have been dealing with serious issues this year, including not getting paychecks on time, inadequate staffing levels that essentially force many to work six or more days a week, poor workplace morale, absence requests being denied and high staff turnover at...

Early morning accident claims life of Dublin, TX postal worker, Mindi House

A two-vehicle accident shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of 39-year-old Mindi House. Captain James Gresham with the Stephenville Police Department told Beneath the Surface News that House was traveling east on Washington Street and attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Wolfe Nursery Road when her...

Video – NRLCA President Maston Addresses Crowd at Baltimore Rally

NRLCA President Don Maston addresses the Protect Our Letter Carriers Rally in Baltimore, MD on April 30, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppjBtm7xRw8

Rural Carriers – USPS OIG wants your opinions on POV routes vs USPS vehicle routes

The U.S. Postal Service has almost 80,000 rural delivery routes serviced by some 133,000 rural letter carriers. For some of those routes, USPS provides the vehicle; for others, the carrier uses a private vehicle and receives a maintenance allowance from the Postal Service for wear and tear. In fiscal...

An American postal network? It was a revolutionary idea

The American postal system was born of revolution. On July 26, 1775, about three months after the first clash between American Colonists and British soldiers in Massachusetts, Colonial leaders established a postal system and named Benjamin Franklin its leader — the postmaster general. The leaders knew a postal system would be...
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