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Rural Route Evaluated Dispute Process

Deadline is April 19, close of business (5pm).

Need to provide proper documentation for any and all disputes.
See here for documentation.

Any issues? Please contact a steward for more information.

Mini Mail Survey Spring 2024

Survey will be completed from 2/24/2024 until 3/8/2024.

Ensure your Edit Books and LTM/DPM are up to date to avoid any unnecessary disputes. Mapping is only to be completed with the carriers present!

Add NYRLCA Calendar to your calendar via the RSS feed below the monthly calendar to automatically update your own calendars with auto-populated meetings.

Important Dates:
2/10/2024-3/15/2024: Delivery Units enter Office Walk, Route Settings and Daily Volume data into the Rural Management Support System (RMSS) web application

2/24/2024: A 12-day Mini Mail Survey of stated items begins on all rural routes

2/24/2024-3/8/2024: Data entry must be made daily by COB for all routes

3/1/2024: DPM / LTM Mapping Deadline Date. No mapping changes will be reflected post this date in Evaluation 3

3/15/2024: All Mini Mail Survey entries to include Office Walk, Route Settings and Daily Volume must be finalized by 17:00 CT [6:00pm Eastern Time]. No additional changes will be accepted post this date.

4/6/2024: Effective date of the RRECS Evaluation; Update the Rural Carrier schedules in RMSS Scheduling tool

RRECS Update

Please see RRECS Resources for more information on the MDD Update.

Buyback Bill – HR5995

HR5995 – Federal Retirement Fairness Act

On October 19, 2023, Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Bacon (R-NE) and David Valadao (R-CA) introduced the Federal Retirement Fairness Act (FRFA), more commonly referred to by rural letter carriers as “buy back” legislation. The Federal Retirement Fairness Act would “amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian service in a temporary position after December 31, 1988, may be creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System.” This would provide rural letter carriers who served as relief employees after December 31, 1988, the opportunity to buy back credit for service. The FRFA impacts not only rural letter carriers, but other federal employees as well, who began their employment as non-career workers and did not have the ability to make retirement contributions.

Please click here to read the press release with NRLCA President Don Maston quoted in the announcement. Click here to view the form letter to send to your member of Congress.

Grassroots Form for Buyback Bill (HR5995 – FRFA)

Congress.gov information on HR5995

October Updates

RRECS Resources Pages have been updated with new forms, explanations, and some helpful information.

Formula Incentive for Carrier Records paper added to Forms & Info.

October magazine in Newsletters.

Updated forms for ordering Mugs and T-Shirts for 2024 State Convention.

Coming soon, photos for all Stewards and a group photo on Stewards Page.

Rural Route Evaluated Dispute Process (RREDP)

The new Dispute process is posted on the National Website.
Please go there and check it out.

Should you have issues and need to file a dispute and wish to speak with a Steward you can call, text or email them and they will do everything to get back to you as soon as possible.

Stewards Page