April 1, 2024 The USPS-NRLCA Joint Rural Contract Administration Manual (RCAM) is being posted on the Postal Service MyHR web page and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) website. This documentation is designed as a resource for the administration of the National Agreement. Jointly prepared by the NRLCA and the Postal Service, this manual…
August 30, 2023 IMPORTANT: USPS notifies NRLCA of payroll errors affecting over 45,000 rural carriers; ALL affected carriers will be entitled to salary advances on Friday The NRLCA has learned about an egregious payroll error this pay period affecting more than 45,000 rural carriers. We have had multiple discussions with the USPS yesterday and into…
August 30, 2023 More than 585,000 Postal Service employees â or about 91 percent of the organizationâs total workforce â are members of a bargaining unit. To help mark Labor Day, hereâs a look at the eight bargaining units represented in USPS and the approximate number of employees they cover: ⢠National Association of Letter…
The NRLCA has been a weak union since the 1978 contract when it agreed to an annual pay cut for rural carriers of $2000 rather than go to national arbitration like the other postal unions. After the NALC severed bargaining ties with the APWU in 1994, NALC President Vince Sombrotto tried to get the rural…
I. FACTS At all relevant times, Charging Party Tamara Newboles was a regular rural carrier at the Postal Serviceâs Bend Detached Carrier Unit (âBend DCUâ or âEmployerâ) and a member of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (âNRLCAâ or âUnionâ). In July of 2019, the Bend Main Post Office Supervisor issued an edict prioritizing Sunday…
The U.S. Postal Serviceâs package volume and weight have increased as First-Class Mail has declined, representing a change in mail mix. The OIG found a correlation between total package weight and letter carrier injuries. The OIG found that the Postal Service has no specific protocols in place outlining how a carrier should deliver a heavy…
âWe will align retail footprint, hours, and services to meet evolving customer demands. We will continually evaluate operations at our retail facilities to ensure that services are cost-effective while also providing adequate community access.â -Delivering for America 10 year plan We have been down this road before. Reduced hours, Rural Carriers doing Clerk work and…
The USPS has quietly posted hundreds of CAREER, mostly Part-Time Flexible, city carrier, rural carrier, custodian, and clerk jobs at https://about.usps.com/careers/. The USPS must be having a hard time recruiting and keeping noncareer people. Attached is a list of the current career entry level job openings. The career jobs being offered say the same thing:…
