It “may” be incentives with early out retirement
Feb. 22-23, 2012
Area Mail Processing and facility consolidation studies completed
As we heard in September of last year, the Postal Service is facing difficult decisions in light of its dire financial situation. Mail volume has dropped by more than 43 billion pieces in the past 5 years and is
continuing to decline.
With this dramatic loss, maintaining the Postal Service’s infrastructure at its current size is no longer realistic. This reality has forced the Postal Service to propose a comprehensive overhaul of its
processing and transportation networks.
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe has been sharing information with us through his “State of the Postal Service” video series. Today, he will talk more about the network changes. Please watch, and I will
have more details afterwards.
PLAY VIDEO
As the PMG explained, most of the Area Mail Processing and facility consolidation studies begun in September are now completed. Based on those studies, the Postal Service has made the decision to move
mail processing operations from the [STUDY SITE] to the [GAINING SITE].
Implementation of this move is contingent upon the outcome of proposed revisions to existing service standards. In addition, no implementation will take place prior to May 15 of this year, in keeping with a moratorium on closing or consolidating postal facilities, to give Congress and the Administration the opportunity to enact an
alternative plan.
This was a difficult decision but a necessary one. With the economic downturn, the Postal Service is facing declining mail volume and increasing costs. This has left us with excess capacity at many processing plants. We have to match our resources with mail volume to hold the line on expenses. This move will help us to do that.
As a result of this action, staffing adjustments will be necessary. Any actions taken will be in compliance with applicable law, collective bargaining agreements, and Postal Service regulations and policies.
Until a transition date has been announced, mailers will continue to be able to enter mail at Business Mail Entry Units (BMEUs) at their current facilities.
In the short term, there will be no changes to locations or operating hours of BMEUs, or retail units, co-located with any facilities that were part of the studies just completed. A 120-day notice will be provided before any BMEU moves, consolidations, or changes to hours of operation.
As we heard from the PMG in his video, if the Postal Service reduces the size of its network, it also will have to reduce the size of the workforce. In that regard, the Postal Service is continuing to work with the unions and management associations about possible incentives.
Let me be clear: there is no decision on any possible incentive at this point in time, and there are no further details on what an incentive offer would entail.
If an incentive program is approved and offered, details will be posted on the new HR Web page, Workforce Connection.
“APWU & NPMHU members have done a great job of getting the word out to legislators about our concerns: Keep up the good work ,support S-1789”
— Cliff Guffey, President
Call Your Senators:
202-224-3121
(Capitol Switchboard)
[Click here for direct #s]
Tell them you Support
S. 1789 as it is currently written
GOOGLE……….U.S. SENATE………Choose your “SENATOR HOME” State. Look for the area in which to write and send your comment.
I wrote ” I work for the U.S.P.S. and I do not oppose S1789 in it’s current form”. This bill offers three types of incentives not to be combined.
1. 25,000 cash.
2. 3 years added on to your FERS retirement
3. 2 years added on to your CSRS retirement.
* NOTE: Remember you can only choose one of the three.
A potential Senate floor vote on which NAPUS will be focusing will be a motion to “waive a point of order” against the bill for violating a Senate budget rule. We expect that an anti-postal Senator will raise such a point of order against the bill. NAPUS will push for a waiver, because congressional budget rules are inherently unfair to the USPS and prejudicial to implementing postal relief.
In the meantime, NAPUS will continue to work with Senate allies pass S. 1789, and that the measure will garner the requisite votes for passage.
Blame Cliff all you want but what you should be doing is asking your fellow clerks why they ratified your garbage agreement
What ever happened to the results of the ‘vote of confindence’ poll taken re the PMG Donahoe? Isn’t it time for congressional / or executive branch review of his work record? Come on BOG! Somebody has to hold this dude accountable for his failure to provide adequate leadership. Is there any accountability whatsoever? Let this be the first salvo. Find a way to get rid of this failure!
Yes!!! So when the population increases and the price of land goes up and someone buys something on ebay, or craigslist etc. what then?
We buy the buildings back at an inflated price, we hire new employees (very flexible) at a greatly reduced price, and we deliver the (item) mail.
What am I missing??????
Really? Politics? Lowering anyones pay is not good. Managements pay is based on APWUs pay scale!!!
Is the country shrinking? Even if it is for how long?
We want to shutter and sell off some prime parcels of land and some usually very productive buildings but because we have had some bad times well close the sites excess and or lay off the employees and sell the buildings. How unbelievablle is that.
Never sell in a low market! Will the US never increase its population? Will the price of the parcels we let go at rock bottom prices ever increase? Will the people that bow down to their email ever purchase something online and need it delivered?
I agree with “Mark.” I have been saying for years that a government “service” is not really expected to run at a profit, and any profit was put into the Federal goverments’ general fund. When the PO started running in a for-profit business mode that is when our problems started. “SERVICE” disappeared from the PO in the late 90’s when the MBA’s got hold of the reins…they’ve whipped the “SERVICE” out of us old pack mules….now we’ll be put out to pasture…or shot.
I bet our first PMG Benjamin Franklin would be very proud of our current PMG. Cutting the word SERVICE out of USPS. Maybe we should rename our new company as USPC. United States Postal Company.
Bring on the early out! I feel like the Italian Captain, let me off this ship! She’s going down and all this BS isn’t going to save her.
PMG Donahoe 2/22/12
As we heard from the Postmaster General in his video, if the Postal Service reduces the size of its network, it also will have to reduce the size of the workforce. In that regard, the Postal Service is continuing to work with the unions and management associations about possible incentives.
Let me be clear: there is a decision on possible incentives at this point in time, and further details on what an incentive offer would entail, will be forthcoming this week and next.
The incentive program is approved and will be offered, details will be posted on the new HR Web page, Workforce Connection, all FERS Clerk Craft Employees may receive additional information in the mail.
Wake up Sheep !, the Slaughter is here !
The Unions could have pushed the VER, and buyouts, got PSE’s to pay the dues they want, now it is over, death has arrived !
Dead meat
Cliff no balls Goofey and Rolando the Cuban Clown, because of them;
Keep your chin up, the key words, the knockout punch is easier to deliver when the chin is up, we are dead, dead, dead .