Well-known member. Dec 1, 2018. #6. offx1degree -- "LLV on my 6 day aux route breaks down at beginning of route. Management notified, I start wait time. No replacement available, anywhere (multiple offices and vmf all called). Another rca runs the route in POV. My understanding, we both get paid.Oct 1, 2019. #4. P-P-F -- "Regulars required to train subs?" -- There is nothing in writing. There is not extra pay, but maybe a lot of aggravation -- from both the sub and manglement. There is always the satisfaction of training a new sub and having the new sub become an asset to the office.Sep 28, 2021. #1. The U.S. Postal Service and NRLCA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to rehire rural carrier annuitants into holiday assistant rural carrier (HARC) positions. These individuals will be used to deliver packages up to 7 days per week. In accordance with the regulations outlined in the National Defense Authorization ...Well-known member. Mar 24, 2022. #17. gotstamps said: New contract or not, 3-5 days was considered "reasonable time". You could certainly let them know that since there is a new contract that says "automatically approved" if not denied within 3 days, you're under the inpression that its been approved.Rural Mail Talk Our official Ruralinfo.net Forum. Ruralinfo.net on Facebook – Our facebook page that is always hopping! Ruralinfo.net Knowledgebase – Our knowledgebase full of …The Stand-Up Talk must be presented to all rural carriers by September 9, 2022. Mini Mail Survey Period: September 10 through September 23, 2022. A mini mail survey is ... The rural carrier and manager will certify the data on the Mini Mail Survey Summary is correct, no later than September 27, 2022.So for example, if RRECS has caused a Regular Rural Carrier's route to fall below 40 hours, they would still be guaranteed 40 hours of pay until October 7 this year. Reactions: Oi veh., Gotrope, Voglio-il mio and 1 other person. gotstamps Well-known member. May 5, 2023 #4Sep 14, 2021. #3. There is a form PS 7020 that is used by the supervisor after an employee requests Steward time from them. This however, is used on the city side. In general rural carriers ask for Steward time and receive it. The Steward is paid in Z time (an accumulation of eight hours towards a day off) and a rural carrier is paid on a green ...I could have told the PO that one. This "issue" was resolved in 1969. That's over 50 years ago. Also, the carrier does not need permission for a specific or particular vehicle. The criteria is that a vehicle is REQUIRED to be supplied / provided by the carrier. Then, to LITERALLY add insult to injury , they attempt to deny this carrier's claim.Apparently, they make more than regulars. Rural Carrier Associate average salary by State. StateAvg. salaryHourly rate. California California$72,615 $72,615$34.91 $34.91. Colorado Colorado$76,067 $76,067$36.57 $36.57. Connecticut Connecticut$89,364 $89,364$42.96 $42.96. Delaware Delaware$88,475 $88,475$42.54 $42.54.Well-known member. Nov 13, 2021. #2. Darkness itself is not a hazard. Poorly lighted streets, blind sections of road, traversing walkways and steps in darkness are hazardous. It's the physical actions you must take in the darkness which create the hazard.NRLCA—National Rural Letter Carriers' Association: rural letter carriers. NALC and unions representing these other postal crafts all negotiated together and executed joint National Agreements with the U.S. Postal Service covering the periods 1971-73 and 1973-75. The NRLCA bar-gained separately for its 1975-78 Agreement. In 1978, 1981, 1984,2 AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association 2021–2024 Handbook EL-902The Rural Route Evaluation Dispute Process will be used to address disputes where the assigned carrier has identified potential errors. Local management and the carrier should discuss and work together to submit the necessary documentation needed to resolve the issue. Listed on the attached...Rural Carrier Margaret Ward was recently making deliveries in Church Hill, TN, when she caught sight of an 85-year-old customer lying in a driveway and waving for help. The woman did not want Ward to call 911 at first; she just wanted help getting up. Ward persuaded the customer to remain still, placed a pillow ...Unless you have a different interpretation of what M-38 526.634.3.c means: "Provide a substitute rural carrier to serve the route on relief day(s)." Or POM 651.1: "Authorized relief days are granted on Saturdays unless another day is desired by the regular carrier and is mutually agreeable to the postmaster and carrier.If you are assigned to a 48K (57:00 to 57:36 hours), and your actual hours exceed 48 actual work hours, you may be entitled to auxiliary assistance. Temporary relief is covered in the EL-902-The USPS- NRLCA National Agreement, the M-38, and the F-21. USPS Operations is developing a plan to adjust overburdened routes, but in the meantime, you ...03/03/2024 Rural Carrier News you may have missed in February 2024 01/28/2024 Rural Carrier News you may have missed in January 2024 12/30/2023 December 2023 - Rural Carrier Year in ReviewOct 8, 2023. #1. Hi everyone. The new Ruralinfo.net website is live. A fresh face and some new options. You can register/login to save articles to read later and you can save documents to your account for easy access later. The Knowledgebase has been merged into this website too. If you try to go to the old page it […]The opposite side of the coin seems to be if the RCA doesn't finish the route and the regular rural carrier finishes the route, the RCA gets paid for their hours and mileage (EMA) and the regular rural carrier gets paid for the day. It was originally submitted this way. The PM got a call from district about this incident.The Postal Service is telling members of Congress that most of the rural letter carriers who missed a paycheck or received a partial paycheck last month are no longer waiting on back pay. USPS says many of the more than 50,000 impacted rural carriers have been made whole, and that, "with limited exceptions," it paid carriers what they were ...Mar 9, 2024. #1. A question for rurals in big cities. I’m in a town of about 10000 with a county population of maybe 20000. We deliver every package. No Amazon, ups or FedEx comes anywhere near us so we deliver all their crap. We just got a new carrier that transferred from a large city, one of the largest cities in Texas.Apr 2, 2023. #1. Hello, My name is XXXXX and I am a Rural Carrier in XXXXXX, XX. Nationwide, the majority of Rural Carriers (66%) are having their wages reduced unfairly. Most Rural Carriers were notified Saturday 4/1/2023 of these changes. These pay cuts and/or loss of off days take effect on 4/8/2023. Just one week's notice is unacceptable ...Jan 6, 2024. #8. ATCBigE said: Probably made some of the fine print bigger so we the carriers can see more of the screw job we are getting. If someone has the ability to post it, I will look through and compare it to last one. more likely turned some of the larger print into fine print. C.PapahSmurf said: At least in our office, second trips are just additional straight time over evaluation plus any mileage if using a POV. 2nd trips are paid 2 min/mile + loading at the straight time rate. The OP is asking about assisting another route as a Regular Carrier, not a 2nd trip, which is paid at a special OT rate.However, rural letter carriers are not included. So cross-craft assignments to and from the rural carrier craft may not be made under Article 7.2. They may be made only in "emergency situations".-- If your office has city carriers, have your office steward or Assistant District Representative get together to see if the above still applies.PS Form 4015-D, Rural Carrier Agreement to Terminate Guarantee, is your option to sign if you become regular in the middle of a guarantee period. In the image below, the portion highlighted green is what happens if you sign and the portion highlighted yellow is what happens if you decline to sign. In a nutshell, If you choose to sign it, you're ...Find Postal Jobs (PSE) SALES & SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC - GREENLEAF WI -$20.48/HR APPLY @ USPS.COM/CAREERS - United States Postal Service - Greenleaf, WI 05/02/2024; RURAL CARRIER -Career Job w/Benefits - LIHUE HI - United States Postal Service - Lihue, HI 05/02/2024; Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) 05/05/2024 - United States Postal Service - Washburn, WI 05/02/2024Rural carrier associates fill in for regular rural mail carriers who need time off due to illness, emergency or vacation. RCAs deliver U.S. mail to suburban and rural homes and bus...Rural Mail Talk; Calendar; RCA info; Knowledgebase; Resources. All things RRECS; Links; Benefits; The Ruralinfo.net guide for Rural Carriers; Support Us. Postal Tees; Postal Ebay; Buy me a coffee; More. About; Go mobile; DisclaimerSearch for individual delivery contractor jobs on general job websites. If you're an individual looking for a job as a contracted mail carrier, you may be able ...Well-known member. Mar 24, 2022. #17. gotstamps said: New contract or not, 3-5 days was considered "reasonable time". You could certainly let them know that since there is a new contract that says "automatically approved" if not denied within 3 days, you're under the inpression that its been approved.Absolutely the best summary of Retirement that I have ever watched, 1 hr 13 minutes long. Voglio-il mio. May 2, 2024. Replies. 4. Views. 767. May 13, 2024. Tired …There are a few ways to get OT: 1) work over 12 hours in one day 2) during Christmas OT period (which starts Dec 5th this year), you get paid at 1 1/2 your salary for hours worked over your weekly evaluation 3) work your scheduled day off and get either a Daca code 3 ( future X day and 50 %) or Daca Code 5 ( 1 1/2 times your regular pay for the ...-- Section 12.e. of the PO-603 ( Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities ) - Basic Carrier Responsibilities: - Providing and maintaining a vehicle ( if a USPS-owned/leased vehicle is not provided ) of adequate size, equipped with necessary equipment ( chains or snow tires, warning lights or signs, etc. ) free of extraneous matter, that ...If you go over 2080 actual work hours that are NOT paid overtime, mgmt has to pay you overtime for all those hours over the 2080. If you work actual hours over 2240, including overtime hours, then they have to go back & recalculate the actual & overtime pay. This is where a carrier can get into issues as it is possible to stay under the 2080 ...Some 50,000 rural carriers for the United States Postal Service are facing layoffs and thousands more confront wage cuts of up to $20,000 under a new compensation scheme.Shoes and hats are okay, but shirts, pants, jackets are "off limits". Probably the same for some "look alike" brands out there. -- Retiring city carriers often "pass down" their old uniforms -- while manglement looks the other way when rural carriers wear city carrier shirts / pants. a.City Carrier Assistant - United States Postal Service - Estherville, IA 05/21/2024; Mail Carrier - United States Postal Service - Redmond, WA 05/21/2024; RCA Rural Carrier Associate - United States Postal Service - Minong, WI 05/21/2024; Automotive Technician - United States Postal Service - Milwaukee, WI 05/21/2024If you are assigned to a 48K (57:00 to 57:36 hours), and your actual hours exceed 48 actual work hours, you may be entitled to auxiliary assistance. Temporary relief is covered in the EL-902-The USPS- NRLCA National Agreement, the M-38, and the F-21. USPS Operations is developing a plan to adjust overburdened routes, but in the meantime, you ...USPS has established an anti-harassment info line. The toll-free number is a resource for employees on steps to take: The Postal Service has established a toll-free phone number for employees and managers seeking guidance on what actions to take in the event of an incident of alleged harassment. The number is 877-521-4272.gotstamps said: Relief Day stays with the route in a Formula office except when a sub wins the bid. If a Leave Replacement wins the bid on a Saturday Relief Day route, mgmt can pull that Saturday & assign a different day. If a recalculation of the Formula shows a need to ADD a Saturday, mgmt then bid it to the non-Saturday carriers by Seniority.13 Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities 2 Handbook PO-603 f. Completing PS Form 4240, Rural Carrier Trip Report, daily to accurately reflect actual hours and minutes worked each day (see Exhibit 12f). Any deviation from the official route mileage, and/or the reasons for any delay, must be explained under the Remarks section of the form. g.The losers would be the Rural Carriers, The Red Headed Step Children of The Postal Employees . Last edited: May 8, 2022. Reactions: stillfirstclass and Voglio-il mio. Upvote 0 Downvote. gotstamps Well-known member. May 8, 2022 #11 hunchback said: I will make one more prediction.General Discussion. Threads. 8.5K. Messages. 153.3K. U. Is anyone else a 48k or above and have yet to receive any notice from mgmt of possible adjustments? 6 minutes ago. U caught my attention.btdtret said: -- The time needed for repairs or to get another vehicle becomes part of your extended "lunch break." You should write "vehicle breakdown" "flat tire" whatever and the amount of minutes in comment section of 4240. This is not a lunch break.Well-known member. Jan 8, 2020. #4. Cliff Clavin -- "Today they hand me a paper called "Rural Carrier to Terminate Guarantee" PS Form 4015-D" Should I sign and agree or what. Please enlighten me. -- Search for "guarantee" in the KNOWLEDGEBASE Section. -- Congratulations getting the route and for making regular.Staff member. Dec 28, 2023. #1. 2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the ...Take walking time for instance. When we're talking about 0.2574 seconds per foot, how far does one have to walk to make a significant difference over 0.26 seconds per foot? A mile at the current RRECS standard (0.2574 sec/ft) is 22 min 39 sec. A mile at .26 seconds per foot is 22 min 53 sec.The RRECS Status Trend for July shows only 85% of rural carriers on average submitted their edit book. More shocking is that in the Southern Area the DMP and LTM were downloaded and corrected only 51% of the time, in the WESTPAC Area only 57% of the time, in the Atlantic Area only 58% of the time, and in the Central Area 78% of the …1. If an employer requests a change to the work schedule after notice has been given, an employee may decline the request. 2. Mandatory rest periods between shifts. Employees are entitled to rest during the first 10 hours following the end of a previous calendar day’s work, or the first 10 hours following the end of a work shift that spanned ...1. Literally United. 1. We're all grown adults that should be able to conduct ourselves in professional, safe, fun and real manner. 2. I'm not your babysitter or your parent 3. I don't have time to dictate what we as adults need/want to talk about. Facebook does that enough as it is 4. This world is nuts right now and we must be able to come to ...The Stand-Up Talk must be presented to all rural carriers by September 9, 2022. Mini Mail Survey Period: September 10 through September 23, 2022. A mini mail survey is ... The rural carrier and manager will certify the data on the Mini Mail Survey Summary is correct, no later than September 27, 2022.Staff member. Dec 28, 2023. #1. 2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the ...Some 50,000 rural carriers for the United States Postal Service are facing layoffs and thousands more confront wage cuts of up to $20,000 under a new compensation scheme. Local post offices around ...Without details,,,, A carrier can request (everything in writing) a cut. But, there has to be somewhere to dump the cut. If truly overburdened, and no aux or other route to dump on, the minimum is 2 hours. Can't create an aux under 2 hours.... Just remember that 2 hours per day is all that's required for an Aux route but that doesn't ...We just attended the Florida State Convention for the Florida Rural Letter Carriers Association and had the opportunity to talk with a lot of Florida Rural Letter Carriers. One common theme kept coming up: Rural Carriers feared filing OWCP injury claims because they worried their supervisors would retaliate against them. This was said over and ...Well-known member. Mar 19, 2017. #1. On January 19th I filed a grievance for my annual leave being denied. I believe there was a sub available, management says differently. Grievance denied at step 1. ADR requested proof of other carrier's leave slips and that is where it still stands. I know there are time limits on these things.In today’s digital age, having a reliable cell phone carrier with wide coverage is essential. Whether you live in a bustling city or a remote rural area, staying connected is cruci...Oct 1, 2019. #4. P-P-F -- "Regulars required to train subs?" -- There is nothing in writing. There is not extra pay, but maybe a lot of aggravation -- from both the sub and manglement. There is always the satisfaction of training a new sub and having the new sub become an asset to the office.Mar 10, 2021. Bigshotdudes -- "Newly appointed full time carrier probationary period. Is it 90 day calendar or 90 days worked?" -- Neither. -- Article 30.2.B.4. - A change from substitute, rural carrier associate, or part-time flexible to regular rural carrier SHALL NOT require a new probationary period. -- Welcome to the big time.n PS Form 1314, Regular Rural Carrier Time Certificate, and. n PS Form 1314-A, Auxiliary Rural Carrier Time Certificate. Table of Exhibits. Exhibit 1 — Regular Carrier Works in Excess of Route’s Evaluation. Exhibit 2 — Regular Carrier Not on Relief Day Work List Works Relief Day (Week 2) and Does Not Receive an X Day in the Same …Sep 10, 2023. #13. I was under the impression that 30 minutes for lunch was one of the rules peculiar to rural carriers. Rural carriers may use that 30 minutes any way they choose and break it up how they choose. For example two 15 minute breaks. We are also unique in that we don't get two ten minute paid breaks.Slow internet speed in rural areas of America are stopping people from fleeing bigger cities. Some 36% of Americans say bad or limited internet access is preventing them from movin...Flip Windows. Postal Things Inc. provides right hand drive conversion kits to convert selected vehicles to right hand drive for the rural letter carrier. Custom Mail Trays, flashers and strobes, and complete sign and magnetic door protector packages for rural mail route vehicles. www.postalthings.com.Vehicles assigned to rural routes MAY be used for other duties, as long as that usage DOES NOT INTERFERE with the rural carrier's completion of the ASSIGNED ROUTE. ( as far as manglement is concerned, once you have competed your AUX route, the USPS's LLV is available for other work ). Moving on: This usage should be on an exception or emergency ...May 17, 2024 · Pursuant to the release of the January 2024 Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E, the sixth and final COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $353.00 increase for eligible rural carriers.Union is saying if your route is one of these 4 or 5 routes it will come out with similar strength if you are already between 43 and 46k . For The routes those are below 43k , the adjustments will be made as equitable as possible with the available territories. It might even lead to all routes being 43k or up .Well-known member. Nov 13, 2021. #2. Darkness itself is not a hazard. Poorly lighted streets, blind sections of road, traversing walkways and steps in darkness are hazardous. It's the physical actions you must take in the darkness which create the hazard.He had 3 surgeries this year and another coming maybe not til after the 1st of the year depending on schedule, blue cross basic, $100 for each MRI compared to over $500 with Rural carrier plan (do to out of network). $200 each surgery to doctor, $175 each surgery for hospital (all costs of surgery and overnight stay), thats it, still much .... Visit our Rural Mail Talk Forum! Ruralinfo.net · September 23,Why silence people's opinions or valuable informa Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of city life? Do you long for a peaceful and serene environment to recharge your batteries? Look no further than renting a rural farm house f...Mail carriers in a rural Minnesota post office overwhelmed by Amazon packages say they've been warned not to use the word "Amazon," including when customers ask why the mail is delayed. "We are not to mention the word 'Amazon' to anyone," said a mail carrier who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their job. "If asked ... Staff member. Dec 28, 2023. #1. 2024 Pay Dates and Leav A regular rural carrier whose regular scheduled work day falls on a holiday will not be required to work and will be paid at the daily rate for that day. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday. B. When a holiday falls on the relief day of an evaluated carrier, the carrier shall be granted the ... RRECS Safety/Service Talks. 02/14/2023. Subscribe. The NRLCA has...
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