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When the August 15, 2011 MOU expires on March 24, 2012, a large number of withheld residual routes and auxiliary routes converted to regular routes will be posted. As a result, many leave replacement carriers will become regular rural letter carriers and become eligible for comprehensive health insurance coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits [...]

Despite the bleak news the United States Postal Service is going through some tough times – at least one bright spot is they are looking to hire.The Rural Carrier Program is looking to fill hundreds of part-time jobs across Central PA in the next few months to assist in delivering mail. via USPS Looks to [...]

All RCAs who have elected a dual appointment as an RCA/PSE will be given the opportunity to elect the position to which they wish to remain assigned. All elections must be completed no later than January 6, 2012 with January 13, 2012 as the effective date of the separation of either the RCA or PSE [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The Parties agree that Auxiliary routes may not be used for limited duty work if other craft employees are entitled to this work under Article 30.2.G. Click here to view the step 4 settlement…”

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: Here is our confirmation:“In accordance with the provisions of the 2006-2010 National Agreement, an amount equal to the COLA paid to full-time rural carriers on an hourly basis under the terms of the 2006 National Agreement will be rolled into RCA/RCR hourly rates during the first full pay period of [...]

Rural Mail Carrier Postal News: Last Opportunity in 2010 to Enroll in Leave Replacement Health Benefit Plan

I am disturbed by what was bound to happen and yet I held off for as long as I could both financially and philosophically, and yet after much pain I have finally been reduced to what can only be a humbled and and certainly distraught rural letter carrier. I have for many years sacrificed for [...]

NAPUS: “The RCA hiring process is currently being done by ‘external” hiring. There have been many complaints about the system and with the trouble getting on line this has caused people to give up on the process. This has caused the ripple effect for Postmasters where there is no one on the list to hire. [...]