A coalition of federal and postal employee organizations wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject proposals aimed at the federal workforce. The groups major concern is the proposal to require federal employees to contribute a much higher share towards their retirement annuity which in effect is a pay cut.
Postmasters will be impacted by the suspension of the awards program for employee recognition and incentive awards NAPUS has been informed by Postal Headquarters officials that Postmasters were not included in the recently announced freeze on Postal Service officer and executive compensation, as it relates to the Postal Service’s pay-for-performance program. Postmasters will be impacted […]
The APWU has posted a series of Questions and Answers [pdf] regarding the recently-negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris announced July 6. “We have been meeting with our counterparts at the Postal Service to resolve a number of issues that have caused confusion in the field,” he said. “We have agreement on […]
Editorial by Ronald Williams, Jr. I’m taking a moment to use my pen as an exhaust pipe to vent my view about a controlled combustion inside this mail industry engine. If you don’t follow the PostalReporter news on a regular basis you might not understand the intended pun to follow in this article.
PRNote: With one month to go,$1019 may be the second largest COLA in bargaining history Ninth contract Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA): $1,019 annually. The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $1,019 annually following the June release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May. […]
Editorial from the Cape May County Herald Postal Service Did Disservice to Patrons Consider the action that the U.S. Postal Service took last week against the faithful patrons of the Goshen (N.J. 08218) Post Office. It is not Cape May County’s largest post office, nor is it the tiniest, but the people there have, for […]
Postal Worker Gene Martin’s disgust with President Obama’s policies prompted him to fly a flag with a swastika in his yard. “Flying his Nazi flag is one way Gene Martin has chosen to express his disdain for the political direction of the United States. Martin, a 69-year-old retired veteran and U.S. Postal Service worker, said […]
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando wrote in a letter to Republican presidential candidate Gov. Tim Pawlenty expressing “Deep disappointment” in his suggestion that the ” ‘post office’ was ‘built for a different time in our country.’ NALC said Pawlenty’s statement “demonstrated profound ignorance about what the U.S. Postal Service does today,” Below is text of […]
Postmasters, postal employees and their family members and friends recently created a living American flag in Shanksville, PA. Participants — from Pennsylvania, Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington — were attending a National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Pennsylvania Chapter convention and created the flag to honor the heroes of Flight 93 […]
Postal Service Expands Cash Conservation Initiatives As a follow-up to the dire financial situation that has forced the Postal Service to suspend the biweekly payments of its contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), the Postal Service is moving forward with two new cash conservation initiatives effective July 1, 2011. They are: Suspension of […]