Pursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims and communities affected by the devastating wildfires that have swept through Maui. Our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes, belongings, and loved ones in this tragic event.USPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ... Washington Rural Carrier — Winter 2022 4 Tentative Agreement 2021-2024 • Article 38 o 3-Year Contract o May 2021-May 2024 • Article 9.1.A. General Wage Increases o 1.3% November 2021-retroactively applied o 1.3% November 2022 o 1.3% November 2023 • Article 9.1.E. COLA o Retain same formula and frequencyThe National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims and communities affected by the devastating wildfires that have swept through Maui. Our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes, belongings, and loved ones in this tragic event.Letter Carrier Pay Schedule City Carrier Wage Schedule: Effective June 19, 2021 The following salary and rate schedule is for all NALC-represented employees. Table 1: City Carrier Schedule RSC Q (NALC) This schedule applies to all carriers with a career appointment date prior to Jan. 12, 2013. Basic Annual SalariesUSPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ...Aug 18, 2021 · Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment. Effective July 9, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising section 541.4 of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, to include additional compensation for DPS flats and a formal process for conducting quality reviews. * * * * * Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities * * * * * 5 Inspection, Count, and ...When a PTF (part‐time flexible rural carrier) assignment is posted in accordance with Article 30.2.A.3, eligible substitute rural carriers and RCAs are simply bidding to be converted to a career status PTF. The specific route assignments are not to be included on the posting notice. Mar 17, 2022 · o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. PSEs’ Additional 50 cents per hour. o Effective: April 9, 2022. o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. New pay rates for Grade 11 Employees. o Effective: September 21, 2021. Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 121, No. 6a Special Contract Edition 2022 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Well-known member. Apr 11, 2022. #8. gotstamps said: Actually, with the new pay schedule released as “effective February 2022, February is the cut off for the August 2021 & November 2021 Backpay calculation. The Backpay cutoff will be when they make current pay up to date. That could still be a paycheck or two away.NALC has obtained electronic versions of important USPS manuals and handbooks directly from Postal Service headquarters. In addition, USPS has made certain publications available online. However: Check for the latest issue. The Postal Service updates its various manuals and handbooks according to different schedules. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to design your NRL contract PDF: Select the document you want to sign and click Upload. Choose My Signature. Decide on what kind of signature to create. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. Create your signature and click Ok. Press Done.NRLCA releases full 2021-2024 National Contract. 06/30/2022. Subscribe. The Special Contract Edition of the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine containing the 2021-2024 National Agreement is now available for viewing and downloading. It will also be mailed to all active bargaining unit members.* Applies to rural carrier associates hired from August 24, 1991 through August 10, 2012. Note: This schedule reflects a 1.1% general increase and a 1% wage adjustment for a total of 2.1%, effective November 23, 2019 (PP 25-2019) for RSC R. *** Applies to rural carrier associates hired on or after August 11, 2012. 2020-02-29 Pay Schedules (2020 ...o 3-Year Contract o May 2021-May 2024 • Article 9.1.A. General Wage Increases o 1.3% November 2021-retroactively applied o 1.3% November 2022 o 1.3% November 2023 • Article 9.1.E. COLA o Retain same formula and frequency o July 2021-retroactive ($1935) o Jan 2022-retroactive ($811 calculated through 11-30-21) o July 2022 o Jan 2023 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,Feb 10, 2016 · “The terms of the new Rural Carrier contract continue the trend of providing the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs and acknowledge our employees for their commitment and dedication.” The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take 6-8 weeks. Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract.When a PTF (part‐time flexible rural carrier) assignment is posted in accordance with Article 30.2.A.3, eligible substitute rural carriers and RCAs are simply bidding to be converted to a career status PTF. The specific route assignments are not to be included on the posting notice. 518.51 Rural Carriers. Rural carriers are not required to report to post offices for any purpose on legal holidays. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Rural carriers are not permitted to substitute any other day. 518.52 Substitute Rural Carriers. When the holiday falls on a service day for a triweekly route, the ...Follow the step-by-step instructions below to design your NRL contract PDF: Select the document you want to sign and click Upload. Choose My Signature. Decide on what kind of signature to create. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. Create your signature and click Ok. Press Done.c. Upon request, a rural carrier is granted annual leave or LWOP on Saturday, at the carrier's option-provided a substitute rural carrier is available for replacement. Congress first granted "Free Saturday" to rural carriers because they were scheduled to work 6 days a week when other Postal Service employees were scheduled to work only 5 days ...Sep 23, 2021 · Postal Service managers must make a concerted effort to minimize the number of hours carriers work over 2,080, and strictly monitor these carriers to ensure that no carrier works in excess of 2,240 actual work hours. The 2021–2022 guarantee period will begin on Saturday, October 9, 2021, and continue through Friday, October 7, 2022. — Rural ... ost eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement in their Aug. 20 paychecks. Back pay for some former city carrier assistants (CCAs) who were converted to career status between Nov. 23, 2019, and April 9, 2021, must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment. This issue was ... Dec 11, 2021 · Voting on the Tentative Agreement for the new APWU-USPS contract will start with a mailing. In addition to a ballot, the ratification mailing includes a copy of the Tentative Agreement; a summary of highlights of the proposed agreement; the official statement of the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee; a letter from APWU President Mark Dimondstein, and a postage-paid return envelope ... Route type (C=city, R=rural, H=highway, B=post office box, P=collections) Route number (example above is for route 1, leading with zeros if necessary) 4. Select On Street Motorized or On Street Walking 5. The next steps are determined by if you are driving a personal or an LLV; follow the prompts on the screen. Downloads: 290. New MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays or Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes 547.98 KB. Downloads: 22. Mini Mail Survey Pre-Survey Management-Carrier Discussion 96.98 KB. Downloads: 1338. DACA G Timekeeping Instructions 1.14 MB. Downloads: 754. RRECS count documents 301.60 KB. Downloads: 4045.USPS Phone numbers. Unscheduled Leave Number. 1-877-477-3273. USPS Emergency Hotline. 1-888-363-7462. Pay/Benefit Help. 1-877-477-3273. Feb 10, 2016 · “The terms of the new Rural Carrier contract continue the trend of providing the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs and acknowledge our employees for their commitment and dedication.” The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take 6-8 weeks. Jan 31, 2020 · Well-known member. Jan 31, 2020. #4. The NRLCA has been notified by USPS that all of the retroactive salary increases included in the 2018-2021 National Agreement will be delayed and are now to be included in the paychecks for PP06-2020 (March 20, 2020). This adjustment will include all eligible rural carriers and all retroactive salary changes ... Julio on USPS rural carriers seek to decertify union after most members see pay cuts; Rusty Ford on Ultimately, the solution is five-days-a-week delivery. John on Employee Can Go Forward with Claim of Racial Bias by U.S. Postal Service; Davor vrljic on USPS rural carriers union says members have more to lose than gain in decertification push ...Letter Carrier Pay Schedule City Carrier Wage Schedule: Effective June 19, 2021 The following salary and rate schedule is for all NALC-represented employees. Table 1: City Carrier Schedule RSC Q (NALC) This schedule applies to all carriers with a career appointment date prior to Jan. 12, 2013. Basic Annual Salaries Under M-01854 (Feb. 4, 2015), NALC and the Postal Service have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 14278874 concerning the compensability of time spent and costs incurred by city carrier assistants (CCAs) when obtaining fingerprints for the background investigation required for conversion to career status by agreeing that reasonable and ... The purpose of this Carrier Letter is to transmit the attachments to all carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Attachment 1: 2019 Plan Performance Assessment Procedure Manual (PDF file) Attachment 2: 2019 CAHPS Carrier Subcode List (PDF file) 2018-13. 8/22/2018. Julio on USPS rural carriers seek to decertify union after most members see pay cuts; Rusty Ford on Ultimately, the solution is five-days-a-week delivery. John on Employee Can Go Forward with Claim of Racial Bias by U.S. Postal Service; Davor vrljic on USPS rural carriers union says members have more to lose than gain in decertification push ...NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association 2021 - 2024 The NOTE TO MEMBERS: This special contract edition of the magazine represents the com- plete, current National Agreement between the USPS and the NRLCA. Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 121, No. 6a Special Contract Edition 2022 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural LetterUSPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ... NALC has obtained electronic versions of important USPS manuals and handbooks directly from Postal Service headquarters. In addition, USPS has made certain publications available online. However: Check for the latest issue. The Postal Service updates its various manuals and handbooks according to different schedules. In accordance with the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 93 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective August 28, 2021. The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks dated September 17, 2021 (Pay Period 19-2021).The value of the COLA for full-time employees in ...Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract.Rural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet asPursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers.Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 119, No. 3a Special Contract Edition 2020 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural LetterWe would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 119, No. 3a Special Contract Edition 2020 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural LetterJan 2024 No rebase Article 9.1.F and 9.1.I. ALL RCAs receive 1% increase each year in lieu of COLA Goes into effect with GWI increases-retroactive MOU Non-Career Health Plan for RCAsUSPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ...The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Lou Gotts on “It is beyond toxic. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Liz on New Scanner functions – 08/18/2023Dec 16, 2022 · Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities Transmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 ... 0.00 star(s) Updated: Dec 16, 2022; 2021 - 2024 National Contract. The contract ... gotstamps said: There is no grievance unless Leave is granted in conjunction with the Holiday. Contract states that Mgmt may work a Carrier on their Holiday prior to using a Relief Day Carrier. When a holiday falls on the relief day of an evaluated car- rier, the carrier shall be granted the preceding work day as the designated holiday.NALC has obtained electronic versions of important USPS manuals and handbooks directly from Postal Service headquarters. In addition, USPS has made certain publications available online. However: Check for the latest issue. The Postal Service updates its various manuals and handbooks according to different schedules.UPDATE: NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays and Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU ...The backbone of its delivery fleet – more than 200,000 vehicles – is the right-hand-drive Long Life Vehicle (LLV), which has an expected service life of 24 years. But almost 70 percent of the LLVs on urban and rural routes are now between 25 and 32 years old, and maintenance costs are high. The combined effect of aging vehicles, a growing ...UPDATE: NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays and Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. May 30, 2019 · The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and the United States Postal Service have negotiated a Tentative Agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21, 2018 to May 20, 2021. This Tentative Agreement must be ratified by a majority of the voting membership of the NRLCA to become effective. The highlights of the Tentative Agreement ... Dec 8, 2021 · In some cases, carriers say the Postal Service owes them money because it hasn’t updated the time it takes to deliver mail on all rural routes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a sharp spike in online shopping and a deluge of packages to deliver. Most rural carriers are paid by how many hours it usually takes to deliver ... We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. “Overall, this contract results in continued restraint of rural carrier labor costs while giving the parties the opportunity to focus on implementing new engineered work standards for rural carrier employees,” said Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino. The new agreement runs through May 20, 2021.UPDATE: NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays and Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU ...-- Added in the 2018-2021 Contract. Article 30.2.D.5. The Employer may schedule a leave replacement from another office before selecting a regular rural carrier not on the relief day work list to work in accordance with Article 8.5.A.2. ( to me anyways -- that is not the same as manglement can order an RCA to work at another office ). Moving on..Oct 30, 2022 · According to Article 9.1.A.2 of the National rural carrier contract, rural carriers will receive a basic wage increase on November 19th, 2022 of 1.3% of the appropriate February 27, 2021, salary schedule. Will rural carriers get it on time or will it be delayed like everything else due rural carriers? When a PTF (part‐time flexible rural carrier) assignment is posted in accordance with Article 30.2.A.3, eligible substitute rural carriers and RCAs are simply bidding to be converted to a career status PTF. The specific route assignments are not to be included on the posting notice. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.2024 FECA COLA Projection: 3.0% as of August 2023. Based on the release of the July 2023 CPI-W (1982-84=100), the 2024 FECA COLA projection is 3.0%. The July 2023 CPI-W of 299.899 was 3.0% above the December 2022 base index (291.051). The 2024 FECA COLA calculation will be finalized when the December 2023 CPI-W is published during the month of ...Rural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet asOct 15, 2021 · Nov 10, 2021. #16. gotstamps said: In that case, Thursday would be the Christmas Holiday since it is the preceding workday and would pay at 150%. Christmas Eve would remain their Relief Day or if they work it would also pay 150%. So Sat 12/18, 12/20, 12/21, & 12/22 would be 100% pay & 12/23 & 12/24 would both be 150%. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.Full-Time Basic Annual Rates Effective February 27, 2021 (PP 06-2021) RSC R3 (NRLCA) Most Prev. Step: 1,198 Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract.Updated Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released. The salary schedules below reflect a retroactive $1,935 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective August 28, 2021, a retroactive 1.3% General Wage Increase (GWI) effective November 20, 2021, and a $1,311 COLA effective February 26, 2022. The PTF hourly rates reflect the recalculation due to the ...Sep 1, 2023 · 08/28/2023 UPDATE: NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays and Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU ... 08/28/2023 New Scanner functions – 08/18/2023 ... 08/27/2023 Under M-01854 (Feb. 4, 2015), NALC and the Postal Service have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 14278874 concerning the compensability of time spent and costs incurred by city carrier assistants (CCAs) when obtaining fingerprints for the background investigation required for conversion to career status by agreeing that reasonable and ...Dec 16, 2022 · Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities Transmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 ... 0.00 star(s) Updated: Dec 16, 2022; 2021 - 2024 National Contract. The contract ... The new contract says rural carriers will be getting 1.3% general wage increase for each year of the agreement. How is this true if all 3 years you want to give us $792 each year? 79. Did the Union propose Thri Savings Plan participation for RCAs with matching funds from USPS? 81. Rural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet as2021-2024 APWU Tentative Agreement Available to Download. February 7, 2022. READ FULL ARTICLE AT » American Postal Workers Union. All ballots/ratification packets have been mailed to eligible voters. Non-members of the union have also been mailed a ratification packet and a ballot that includes a PS-Form 1187 to join the union.Dec 8, 2021 · In some cases, carriers say the Postal Service owes them money because it hasn’t updated the time it takes to deliver mail on all rural routes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a sharp spike in online shopping and a deluge of packages to deliver. Most rural carriers are paid by how many hours it usually takes to deliver ... Pursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers.Oct 30, 2022 · According to Article 9.1.A.2 of the National rural carrier contract, rural carriers will receive a basic wage increase on November 19th, 2022 of 1.3% of the appropriate February 27, 2021, salary schedule. Will rural carriers get it on time or will it be delayed like everything else due rural carriers? Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 121, No. 6a Special Contract Edition 2022 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter
Jun 24, 2022 · The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been completed. The linked PDF is being made available for immediate use. The file is fully searchable and bookmarked. Files have been sent over to the printer and the printing has begun on the hard-copy version of the contract. . Pandl railroad
Aug 7, 2019 · USPS News Link – 8/6/19 – The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association ( NRLCA) membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers approximately 131,000 employees represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, a reduction in the employer ... NALC has obtained electronic versions of important USPS manuals and handbooks directly from Postal Service headquarters. In addition, USPS has made certain publications available online. However: Check for the latest issue. The Postal Service updates its various manuals and handbooks according to different schedules. The contract provides for the addition of a new top step to Tables One and Two on Nov. 19, 2022. The new career Step P will be $444 annually greater than Step O. Carriers with at least 46 weeks in Step O on Nov. 19, 2022, will advance to Step P. Those with fewer than 46 weeks will advance to Step P upon reaching 46 weeks in Step O.In some cases, carriers say the Postal Service owes them money because it hasn’t updated the time it takes to deliver mail on all rural routes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a sharp spike in online shopping and a deluge of packages to deliver. Most rural carriers are paid by how many hours it usually takes to deliver ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 132,000 rural carriers represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, measures designed to stabilize ...Aug 12, 2021 · In accordance with the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 93 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective August 28, 2021. The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks dated September 17, 2021 (Pay Period 19-2021).The value of the COLA for full-time employees in ... USPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ...The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Lou Gotts on “It is beyond toxic. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Liz on New Scanner functions – 08/18/2023Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities Transmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 ... 0.00 star(s) Updated: Dec 16, 2022; 2021 - 2024 National Contract. The contract ...Substitute rural carriers who are appointed to part-time flexible rural carriers under Article 30.2.A.3. will begin a career appointment at Step 8 or their existing step (Table One), whichever is lower, provided, however, that substitutes serving in excess of ninety (90) days on a vacant“The terms of the new Rural Carrier contract continue the trend of providing the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs and acknowledge our employees for their commitment and dedication.” The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take 6-8 weeks.o 3-Year Contract o May 2021-May 2024 • Article 9.1.A. General Wage Increases o 1.3% November 2021-retroactively applied o 1.3% November 2022 o 1.3% November 2023 • Article 9.1.E. COLA o Retain same formula and frequency o July 2021-retroactive ($1935) o Jan 2022-retroactive ($811 calculated through 11-30-21) o July 2022 o Jan 2023 -- Added in the 2018-2021 Contract. Article 30.2.D.5. The Employer may schedule a leave replacement from another office before selecting a regular rural carrier not on the relief day work list to work in accordance with Article 8.5.A.2. ( to me anyways -- that is not the same as manglement can order an RCA to work at another office ). Moving on..$416 Cost of Living Adjustment effective February 27, 2021 *Cost of living increases referenced above are paid proportionally to city carriers in Table 2 in accordance with Article 9.3.E of the National Agreement. For City Carrier Assistants: 1.1% General Wage Increase and additional 1.0% increase effective November 23, 2019Updated Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released. The salary schedules below reflect a retroactive $1,935 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective August 28, 2021, a retroactive 1.3% General Wage Increase (GWI) effective November 20, 2021, and a $1,311 COLA effective February 26, 2022. The PTF hourly rates reflect the recalculation due to the ....