Each and every day, over 51,000 rural letter carriers drive their own vehicles to deliver
and collect the mail for millions of American families. Although rural letter carriers
receive a vehicle reimbursement, the recent dramatic spike in fuel prices has inflicted
great economic hardships upon these carriers and their familes.
Originally designed to cover the purchase, maintenance and fuel of rural letter carriers
vehicles, as they provide a vital national service, a disproportionate amount of thier
vehicle reimbursement is now going to cover the skyrocketing cost of fuel.
While their vehicle reimbursement which adjusted quarterly is a contractual issues, fuel
prices are not. With the average rural route forty five miles long, being delivered six
days a week, the cost of fueling their vehicle should be covered by their reimbursement and
not from their own pocketbooks.
Please urge your representatives to sign the letter on the page below penned by Rep. Bob
Filner(CA) to Postmaster General Potter to find an agreement to reimburse these employees
at the fairest manner possible.
http://ruralinfo.net/
Ask them to contact Shane Maharaj at 5-8045, or by email Shane.Maharaj@
