2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025
The 2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26–2025), and ends Friday, December 26, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period 01-2026). During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier...
Employee shot outside U.S. Postal Service facility in Henrietta, NY
Henrietta, N.Y. — Police are looking for a suspect after a U.S. Postal Service employee was shot in the parking lot of the agency’s main Rochester facility on Jefferson Road in Henrietta early Thursday.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the facility around 12:40 a.m. for a report of...
NRLCA National Board Designates October 19-25, 2025 National Steward Recognition Week
The NRLCA National Board has designated the week of October 19-25, 2025 as “National Steward Recognition Week.” We hope you will join us in showing our stewards at every level that their dedication and commitment do not go unnoticed.
Let us praise our stewards at least as often as we...
Support Letter Carrier Anthony Santoro’s Road To Recovery After Being Shot
Sadly, on Friday, October 3, 2025, while in the duties of his job, City Letter Carrier Anthony Santoro’s life was forever changed by the cowardice act of one individual, who, without cause, shot Anthony in the face while Anthony delivered the mail.
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No one was more surprised than Jolena Kees to learn she has one of the nation’s longest delivery routes.
Kees, a Grayson, KY, rural carrier, drives 135 miles each workday to serve 479 delivery points.
The Postal Service recently named Kees’ route one of the nation’s longest, a list released last month to help...
Chuck Grassley Details Investigation Into USPS Hiring Sex Offenders To Deliver Mail
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Federal and postal workers to see double-digit health care premium increases again next year
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