USPS rural carrier union demands ‘harsh penalties’ to prevent additional payroll errors

Summary: Two separate payroll errors at the Postal Service over the past few months kept thousands of rural letter carriers from getting their full paychecks on time. Now the union is demanding USPS modernize its payroll system, and that the agency pay “harsh penalties” to compensate rural carriers if these problems persist. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association filed a national-level grievance this week over the Postal Service’s “repeated failure to pay rural carriers correctly and on time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices