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 “there will be no layoffs for Postmasters.”
The Washington Post article, which quoted postal officials about the Postal Service’s reorganization, generated many calls and emails to the NAPUS national office concerning the possibility of layoffs for Postmasters. Early this morning, the NAPUS President placed a call to the PMG, who later returned the call to Rapoza telling him that Postmasters will not be laid off.
The NAPUS national office has also been inundated with calls and emails, asking why Postmasters weren’t included in the Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) and incentive offers that were announced for USPS Headquarters, Area and District EAS Non-Bargaining employees. The reason Postmasters were not included in the VER and incentive offers is because post offices weren’t eliminated in the recent downsizing effort, thus Postmasters were not impacted employees.
Details of the recent reorganization plans include reductions to the following areas;
USPS is eliminating seven (7) districts as follows:
1. Big Sky is going to the Dakotas District
2. Southeast New England is going to Greater Boston and Connecticut Valley
3. South Georgia is going to North Florida, except for the 321 zip code which is going to the Sun Coast District
4. Southeast Michigan is going to the Detroit District
5. Northern Illinois is going to be divided into three (3) districts:
1. Lakeland – Part of Lakeland is going to Greater Michigan
2. Central Illinois
3. Gateway
6. Albuquerque is going to the Arizona District
7. 7. Columbus is going to the Cincinnati District, except a couple of zip codes which are going to Northern, OH
Area positions (originally 1,123) are being reduced by 27.3% which equates to a job loss of 306 positions leaving a total of 817 area positions.
District positions (originally 5,791) are being reduced by 24.92% which equates to a reduction of 1,443 jobs, leaving a total of 4,348 district positions.
That is a total of 1,749 jobs down from the previous 6,914
While post offices have not been specifically targeted for closing during this initial downsizing effort, plans to close post offices are part of the overall reorganization process. NAPUS will continue to keep you informed on any information that Postal Headquarters provides concerning planned closings of post offices. The PMG reiterated his commitment to continue open communications with NAPUS, with “no hidden agenda.” He told President Bob Rapoza that he could quote him that “there will be no layoffs for Postmasters.”
Charlie Moser
March 25, 2011
This is what is soooo wrong with our Gov. they don’t know how to run itself!!! These PM’s are so over paid for being lazy and making others miserable.Broadway,Va. she runs her husband’s business out of her office while being paid to be a PM.Bergton,Va.that Pm has like a year of sick time he is now using to hunt and vac. with then he will retire that is because he sucks up to his boss and lets him hunt on his land. America is on it’s way DOWN!!
No layoffs for Postmasters but, what about supervisors. The article was silent on that subject. The continued cutbacks of craft jobs will mean the loss of a lot of useless supervisor jobs.
Diligence, you are right on target. They don’t need a Postmaster for every little city. They could have 11 post offices or more per one regional Postmaster(level 22) and save the post office 1 million dollars(100K per postmaster)by eliminating these positions.
Rick, if you’re going to say “Titanic” more than once, please learn how to spell “Titanic”.
The only difference between the Titantic and the USPS is the Titantic had a Band!!!
Sh*tcan every last one of these useless idiots and start over.
There is no need for a Postmaster in every office anymore. most of the work is done by the supervisors , clerks and 204b’s nowadays. A new position – Floating Postmaster – is what is needed now. As Postmasters retire & quit their positions would be absorbed by one Postmaster who would cover three to four surrounding Postoffices. Give this new position a cell phone and have him or her travel between those offices, taking care of what little business they have to do in 8 hours. Has anyone noticed how well the office runs when they are not there anyway.
what happen to offering something to csrs to retirer(WHAT THE F-ING)
A good union the league and NAPUS. It pay to belong.
BTW, there are NO rifs by our closing. No one works there except us clerks and we will just move somewhere else! Where is the cost savings?
They hear the voice of NO ONE! Our customers voiced their opinion about the closing of our office. I wrote a letter to the PRC stating all of the very vital reasons why we shouldn’t close (one being our $1 MILLION plus annual revenue). That meant absolutely nothing. We will be closing in 2 months. I feel sorry for our customers!
WHY MR. PMG WOULD YOU INSIST ON KEEPING MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS/204BS WHO PUT USPS IN THE SHAPE IT IS IN? IT IS NOT SOLELY THE BAD ECONOMY BUT INCOMPETENCE ON THEIR PARTS THAT HAS CAUSED THIS MELTDOWN. SO THIS IS YOUR ANSWER MR. PMG, IN THE REAL WORLD THESE FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, NOT REWARDED. THIS IS NOT A SMART MOVE AND YOU WILL SEE! WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, NO SURPRISES, IT’S JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL!
DOES ANYBODY IN CHARGE EVER REALLY LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE EMPLOYEES, I THINK NOT!
In areas where there are multiple Postmaster positions Levels 11-15 and offices are consolidated and or eliminated would it not be feasible for the PM from the largest office level 22 be the PM of the county assisted by manager of customer services who would be responsible for station operations.
Postmasters not laid off: but will low levels vaccant offices be filled? .
no post office closings?
SO lastbesthope you just hit the nail on the head.
That WaPo story didn’t take long to get walked back eh?
The only difference between the Titantic and the USPS is in the way they sunk. The ship had a big hole in the hull, while the PO flipped upside down, too top heavy to stay afloat.
But in both cases, the band played on.
first! also of course they will keep the deadbeats on the gravy train, why doesn’t congress look into this good ole’ boy network!!