NAPS: RIF Avoided – All Impacted EAS Postal Employees To Be Placed In Positions

The NAPS resident officers met on Friday, August 28, 2009 with Douglas A. Tulino, USPS Vice President, Labor Relations at 11:00 a.m. to discuss the final day of the restructuring prior to the implementation of the RIF on the remaining impacted EAS employees. Due to the diligence of the members of the NAPS executive board, […]

MSPB Reverses Discipline Of Postal Supervisor And Sustains Demotion

(Georgia) The Postal Service demoted Linda Parker from the position of Supervisor, Customer Services, EAS-17, to the position of PTF Clerk, PS-05, effective October 25, 2008.  The Supervisor was charged with unsatisfactory performance and failure to follow instructions with respect to two specifications. The first concerned instructions from Parker’s supervisor to “perform a full office […]

NAPS Sue USPS Over EAS Representation

 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 […]

NAPS Urges The Postal Service to Cut Top Management Ranks

 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 […]

PMG Potter to Address Worsening USPS Finances Wednesday

Source: National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) Legislative and Regulatory Update – January 26, 2009 (NAPS.org)   Rumors have been swirling throughout the Postal Service in recent weeks about big changes coming: significant plant consolidations, area and district staffing reductions, craft work-hour cutbacks, the list goes on.  The Postal Service has remained mum about these […]

Burrus Questions Keeping The Current Levels Of Postal Management While Reducing Craft Employees

APWU President WIlliamBurrus Update Significant Changes Expected; Sacrifices Must Be Shared, Burrus Says Over the past several months I have attempted to alert APWU members to the financial crisis that is confronting the Postal Service, and the substantial impact it will have upon postal employees. Although some in the postal community dismissed my warnings as […]