NAPUS leaders met with Postal Headquarters officials for the second time in less than a month, as questions continue to remain on how the APWU contract will impact staffing and operational issues in post offices. In response to rumors that one Postal Support Employee (PSE) may be used to replace Postmasters in multiple offices, on […]
Postmasters Respond to USPS Attempt to Dismiss Organizations’ Complaint Over Proposed CFR Changes to make it easier to close post offices On 6/13/2011 the Post Office filed a motion with the PRC to dismiss the complaint that LEAGUE and NAPUS filed on 5/23/2011 asking the PRC to stop the Post Office from making the proposed […]
The National Association of Postmasters released the following information: USPS Executive Vice President of Labor Relations, Anthony J. Vegliante today announced promotional salary increase limits for nonbargaining employees. Mr. Vegliante said “The fiscal health of the Postal Service continues to be at risk and, as a result, we must remain focused on opportunities to encourage […]
From the National League of Postmasters – June 6, 2011 Last week PMRs in level 15 and 16 Post Offices across the country received letters from Human Resources notifying them of an opportunity to apply for Postal Support Employee (PSE) positions since their current position will not exceed August 23, 2011. Below are portions of […]
MISSOURI DIRECT MAILER & POSTAL EMPLOYEES PREVIOUSLY PLED GUILTY June 6, 2011 – St. Louis, MO: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Teresa Tremusini, Festus Postmaster, was convicted of two felony counts of Receipt of Illegal Gratuities. The owner of SG Print & Mail and two Postal employees previously entered guilty pleas in the […]
Recently, USPS and APWU signed a new collective bargaining agreement. The agreement included a new position called POSTAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE (PSE) . The position is considered a noncareer bargaining unit job. Yesterday, NAPUS announced that USPS is terminating Postmaster Relief positions and encouraging them to re-apply for PSE jobs . It appears USPS is terminating the […]
note: PSE is a new position under the APWU contract. “The PSE work force will be comprised of noncareer, bargaining unit employees, which is the only category of noncareer employees established to work within APWU bargaining units.” National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) – This past week, many PMR’s in EAS-15 & […]
Former Elgin, OK Postmaster must pay the U.S. Postal Service $643,604.49 and IRS $129,061.66 for a total of $771,666.15. The former Postmaster was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for theft of public funds from the United States Postal Service and for filing a false tax return. The following is a press release from […]
Update: Nation’s Postmasters Challenge Proposed Postal Service Regulations- On Thursday, the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. and the National League of Postmasters filed paperwork with the Postal Regulation Commission that raise serious legal objections to USPS efforts to undercut statutory protections to which communities are entitled during a Post Office discontinuance and a […]
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 […]