From the National Association of Postal Supervisors On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, the National Association of Postal Supervisors filed a motion in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the courts to enforce a prior court order originally issued on February, 17, 1977, that provided NAPS with the legal right to […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) Legislative & Regulatory Update The House postal oversight subcommittee yesterday postponed approval action on emergency legislation to provide financial relief to the Postal Service. The delay is due to continued wrangling by Congressional supporters of the relief legislation with the Congressional Budget Office over how much the […]
Representing the Postal Service: Bill Jones, Manager, Labor Relations, Policy Administration Lee Olohan, Labor Relations Specialist John Mularski, Manager, Complement Staffing & Field Policies Representing NAPS: Ted Keating, National President Louis Atkins, Executive Vice President Jay Killackey, Secretary/Treasurer Marilyn Walton, Western region VP Ivan Butts, Eastern Region VP Tommy Roma, NY Area VP Hans Aglidian, […]
from NAPS Update The Postal Service is expected to announce its latest thinking on plans to cut operations and network costs on Wednesday, May 20, when the House postal oversight subcommittee holds a hearing on the hard choices and tradeoffs that underlie the preservation of the nation’s mail system. The hearing, “Nip and Tuck: […]
From National Association of Postal Supervisors NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update Although the Obama Administration has pulled the plug on initial proposals to bring postal service employee benefits in line with those of federal workers, it has signaled that it has not backed off of interest in potentially reducing postal employee benefits. Kenneth Baer, spokesman […]
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 […]
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)
Excerpts from the National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative & Regulatory Update: “NAPS President Keating called upon the Postal Service to strip away top levels of management and take other cost-cutting moves, during testimony before a House subcommittee on Wednesday. His comments came during a hearing of the House federal workforce and postal oversight […]
Organizational Changes – March 20, 2009 • The Postal Service is closing 6 of the 80 district offices, eliminating 521 positions across the country and offering early retirement to nearly 150,000 employees nationwide (excluding Electronic Technicians, MPE Maintenance Mechanics, Part-time Postmasters) • For the remaining 74 districts across the country, there will be a 15% reduction in […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors website NAPS Headquarters was advised today that the announcements that we have been anticipating for some time on District changes will be made formally at 12:00 noon on Friday (tomorrow). This morning NAPS Headquarters participated in two meetings with the USPS at L’Enfant Plaza. The first meeting […]