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WELCOME
To the Official Website of the Wisconsin Rural Letter Carriers

 Hi Folks;

11.16.2008

Local Steward Trainings & Mail Count Trainings Have Been Set.
Exact Addresses & Links to Maps posted soon.

11.14.2008

NRLCA Withdraws from QWL-EI

11.10.2008

Christmas Pay Procedures.  Yes, It's right around the corner!

11.7.2008

2008 Flexible Spending Open Season

11.5.2008

Open Season Information for 2008

11.1.2008

You should read the Pre-Arbitration Settlement on Mutual Exchanges.

10.15.2008

The Auxiliary Scholarships are here!
Corno - Discovery - Gardner - GMAC - Muchmore - DelPolito - Smith - Whitney - WIRLCA

10.14.2008

The Analysis of Changes to the 2006-2010 Contract can be found here.

9.30.2008

A New Vehicle has been added to the 'For Sale' Page

9.26.2008

HIRING "FREEZE" DOES NOT APPLY TO THE RURAL CRAFT

The following quote from an article by Dan Friedman of CongressDaily is causing concern and generating several calls to the National Office.
"A freeze on all organizational structure changes is effective immediately," USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Anthony Vegliante wrote in a Wednesday memorandum to agency officials. "The freeze includes position upgrades, additions to complement, position neutral exchanges, and requests for new positions."

We have spoken with postal officials and have been assured that the “freeze” absolutely does not apply to the rural craft. If there are any instances where carriers are being told that rural craft positions are not being filled because of the hiring freeze, please contact your State Steward so they can address the issue.

9.15.2008

Your September2008 Newsletter has arrived!

7.29.2008

Here is the Buffer MOU on FSS impacted sites.

7.21.2008

The 2008-2009 Constitution & By Laws are now posted.

6.24.2008

Here are the offices that will be presented with "Rural Reach" first.

6.21.2008

FINAL NOTIFICATION OF REVISIONS TO HANDBOOK PO-603

On June 16, 2008, the NRLCA was given final notification by the Postal Service that it intends to implement changes to Sections 535 and 541 of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. In addition the Postal Service also plans to unilaterally implement a standardized DPS Letter Mail Formal Review Procedure effective June 28, 2008.

In accordance with Article 19.3 of the National Agreement, the NRLCA will submit the issue to arbitration. Further, the National Board is in the process of evaluating other options that may also be available to challenge the aforementioned implementations. 

PLEASE CLICK HERE!

5.13.2008

FORM 3227-R, STAMP PURCHASE ORDER (RURAL) UPDATE

There have been some questions from the field regarding the availability of the new Form 3227-R, Stamp Purchase order (Rural), revised to reflect the new stamp purchase rates effective with the May rate change. 

Postal Headquarters has confirmed that Form 3227-R, dated May 2008, which was revised to reflect the rate change, is available and can be ordered by local management utilizing   PSN: 7530-01-000-9885

4.26.2008

A New 3849!?! 

3.29.2008

New Campaign and Improved Tools Target Unscheduled Absences

A new campaign has been developed to reduce unscheduled absences not protected by the Family Medical Leave Act — a problem that has resulted in operations disruptions and cost increases for the Postal Service™. 
Three kits urging employ­ees to bank sick leave and protect their futures will be dis­tributed to postal facilities around the country on March 24, May 29, and October 16. Each kit will contain an animated DVD, a 9 inch by 12 inch poster, and a standup talk. 
A DVD featuring personal stories from real employees about the benefits of saving sick leave will be distributed on May 29 as well.
A new screensaver featuring the same messages also will run on all USPS® ACE computers from April 21 to May 4.

Leave Management Enhancements

Currently, managers and supervisors use two tools to identify, track, and address the root causes of unscheduled absences:

bulleteRMS, the enterprise Resource Management Sys­tem that automates and standardizes processing for all leave requests.
bulletTACS, the Time and Attendance Collection System to manage leave and record clock rings.

New software will merge ERMS and TACS, creating a more effective tool to pinpoint recurring patterns of unscheduled absences. Every area in the country will have the new tool by the end of May.

3.13.2008

Rural Carrier Request for Action Form is HERE!

3.11.2008

Bill Would Give Retirees Partial Pay for Unused Sick Leave

2.21.2008

The MOU on 'Carrier Pick - Ups'.

 12-13-2007

An interesting read about the FERS Flu!

12-11-2007

Once the overtime period is over if management requires you to take DPS to the street you have the right to file a grievance. Please contact the Steward assigned to your office for assistance.

11-17-2007

Management gets a reminder about employee rights.

11-1-2007

Are you, or do you know anybody out on Workers' Comp.?
A VERY Interesting read!

10-31-2007

Upon request, here is The Bloch Award!

*Don't Do It For Free*

Two documents have been added to the forms link to help with 'Second Trip' Issues.

*Management Can Always Use Some Guidelines*

Northland District's 4003 Instructions and Lakeland District's 4003 Instructions

*Always Important*

As you can see the Postal Service has reacted to our Harkin CDS bill.  We must all continue to contact our representatives and encourage support of our Bills on CDS deliveries.

Letter from PMG Potter

Below is an updated list of co-sponsors of Sen. Harkin’s “Mail Delivery Protection” bill, S. 1457.  There is one republican currently signed on, Thad Cochran of MS.  Also, Potter has actively been on the Hill meeting with Senators in opposition to this bill.   

Sen Baucus, Max [MT]

  Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM]

Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA]

  Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH]

Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA]

  Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD]

Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA]

  Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY]

Sen Cochran, Thad [MS]

  Sen Conrad, Kent [ND]

Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND]

  Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA]

Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA]

  Sen Kerry, John F. [MA]

Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA]

  Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ]

Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]

  Sen McCaskill, Claire [MO]

Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD]

  Sen Murray, Patty [WA]

Sen Nelson, Bill [FL]

  Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY]

Sen Tester, Jon [MT]

  Sen Wyden, Ron [OR]  

 
Thank You!
Ronnie W. Stutts
Director Of Steward Operations
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
703-684-5545

Please contact your members of Congress today, and let them know this is a practice that must stop now.

 

To see a list of current Co-Sponsors of H. Res. 282 go to:

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HE00282:@@@P

 

For a sample letter to send to Congress, go to:

 

http://www.nrlca.org/legisupdates.html 

 

(Personalize the letter by expanding on examples you have seen within your post office of a contract carrier violating/breaking the law or not doing the job properly.)  

 

We need more co-sponsors, but we especially need more Republican co-sponsors.
 
Christine M. Baker
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
Assistant Director of Governmental Affairs
(703) 797-8415 direct
(703) 548-8735 fax
(434) 386-7234 cell

 

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