In 1906, rural carriers were granted six national holidays.
Christmas was not one of them, and did not become a holiday for rural carriers until 1923.
Some of this mail is delivered by rural carriers.
The rural carriers may not be able to rely on roaming fee revenue for long.
City and rural carriers typically spend between three and four hours in the office preparing for delivery.
Highway contract carriers have compensation much lower than rural carriers.
The rural carriers and Sprint had three areas of concern.
It helps with the challenges that rural carriers face in trying to provide service to relatively few consumers in spread out areas.
We have no independent estimate of the average revenue for mail delivered by rural carriers.
Her father is a rural postal carrier and farmer in Benkelman.