A grassroots network of rural carriers across the country is collecting signatures from their coworkers, in the hopes of joining a new, non-
Several thousand Postal Service rural carriers say they’re in favor of decertifying their union, after USPS implemented a new pay system that led to significant pay cuts for two-thirds of the rural carrier workforce. A grassroots network of rural carriers across the country is collecting signatures from their coworkers in the hopes of joining a new union. Rural carriers have until the end of the calendar year to gather signatures from nearly a third of the total rural carrier workforce, but individuals leading the project said they have already collected about 20% of the necessary signatures. Leaders behind the effort say their current union, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA), has done little to prevent the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) from going into effect in May, or communicating its rollout to members.
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