From eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin (PDF) PRC Issues Compliance Determination and Keeps Tabs on Postal Suspensions On Monday, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued its Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Compliance Determination. The Report is required under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PL 109-435) and reviews the Postal Service’s Annual Compliance Report that details financial […]
Update: The USPS provided NAPS with a copy of a revised timeline on April 2, 2009. NAPS has not agreed with all of the elements of the latest timeline and continues to pursue its consultative rights on this reorganization and downsizing. 04/03/09 . USPS Revised Timeline, 04/02/09 The Postal Service, as a result of discussions […]
Excerpts from the Unionizer, East Bay Area Local #47’s Quarterly Publication, January-March 2009 issue Falsification of PO Box Distribution Time By Stephen Lysaght, President As I reported in the last issue of the Unionizer, the District [PR note: Bay-Valley District] issued a policy in response to complaints that I lodged about supervisors and postmasters either […]
APWU News For the second day in a row, the House of Representatives approved legislation that would provide sick-leave credit to employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” (H.R. 1256), introduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), incorporates the provisions of H.R. […]
From National Association of Postal Supervisors An agreement was reached on 04/02/09 with the USPS to make changes in the timeline for District consolidations and other EAS impacts. Further information will be provided to NAPS by the USPS on 04/03/09. This information, once received, will be posted on this site Update: USPS Revised timeline (PDF)
Press Release from US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana GERONIMO A. CELLAMARE, age 46, a resident of Westwego, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Helen Berrigan to unlawfully detaining, delaying and opening United States mail, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. According to the factual basis, […]
APWU News The House of Representatives approved legislation on April 1 that would give employees covered by the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS) credit for unused sick leave when calculating their retirement benefits. The Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 1804), introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY), was approved […]
City Calls On California To Give Citizens Choice Over Junk Mail SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today passed a resolution calling on California to create a Do Not Mail Registry giving its citizens the choice to stop receiving unwanted junk mail. Though non-binding, the resolution represents the first time […]
Artemas, PA Post office source: Flickr Photos