We are still working to stop the proposed changes to Title 39 CFR. We want to remind everyone if you have not already done so to contact all your members of Congress as soon as possible regarding Title 39 CFR Part 241. This is just a cloaked plan to close 1000s of Post Offices. We […]
I want to give you another update on the redesign released last week. The most important information to share is the correction of the Washington Post article. On the Postal Service’s Friday Morning Report the Washington Post had an article which stated “the Postal Service planned to eliminate the jobs of thousands of postmasters and […]
NAPUS National President Bob Rapoza called Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe this morning in response to a March 24, 2011 article in the Washington Post, which stated the Postal Service planned to “eliminate the jobs of thousands of postmasters and supervisors, many through layoffs.” Postmaster General Donahoe told President Rapoza that he could tell Postmasters that […]
February 18, 2011 – Legislative Council Bob Brinkmann’s overview of President Obama’s budget proposal Obama’s Budget and the Postal Service Earlier this week, the President released his budget. For the first time, it deals directly with the Postal Service’s financial situation, and specifically with the overpayment situation. It does not, by any means, go far enough […]
LEAGUE Office Receives Proposal to Revise Salary Protection Provisions in the ELM On January 28, 2011 the LEAGUE office received a letter from John Cavallo, Manager Labor Relations regarding a proposed change to the salary protection provisions in Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) Section 415, Rate Retention and Change to Lower EAS Grade. Please […]
As the Postal Service continues to focus on redesigning its management structure and streamlining operations to increase efficiency and control costs, USPS actions have drawn nationwide media attention . And, PMG Pat Donahoe addressed concerns over recent media reports in an open letter this week to Postmasters. “Finding the right balance in the service we […]
On January 25th the three management organizations met with PMG Pat Donahoe, COO Megan Brennan, and VP Labor Relations Doug Tulino. This is the second time we have met with the PMG and, as mentioned in my Advocate article, we have very open discussions. This is a welcomed relief at a time that it is […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS): In the first visit by a Postmaster General to the NAPUS national office in more than 23 years, yesterday’s meeting with PMG Pat Donahoe was less celebratory than the 1988 appearance by former PMG’s Tony Frank, William Bolger and Paul Carlin. The 1988 appearance of […]
October 28, 2010 NAPUS President Bob Rapoza has sent a second request to Postal Service headquarters to continue the moratorium on the DUO program until after the December holiday mailing season. Rapoza’s letter to USPS Vice President of Labor Relations stated that NAPUS has not yet received a response to his October 20th request to […]
The post office in the western North Dakota town of Dunn Center is closing because the postmaster resigned and the U.S. Postal Service can’t find someone to fill the position. Spokesman Pete Nowacki tells The Dickinson Press that the future of the facility isn’t clear. He says the Postal Service is not looking to close […]