From National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS) e-newsletter Among the new appointments that President-elect Obama will make is the Chairmanship of PRC. Although current Chairman Dan Blair’s term on the Commission extends to 2012, he serves as Chairman, at the pleasure of the President. (Dan is a Republican appointee.) Another decision President-elect Obama […]
NALC responds to Florida Republican’s “stealing votes” claims NALC President Bill Young sent a letter to the Republican Party of Broward County, Florida, angered over groundless claims made by party officials that Republican ballots aren’t safe being mailed through the Postal Service. One official was quoted by The Sun-Sentinel newspaper: “It is a shame that […]
Meeting at USPS Headquarters NAPS/NAPUS & League October 30, 2008 – 12:30 p.m. For the Management Associations: Ted Keating, President, NAPS Dale Goff, President, NAPUS Charley Mapa, President, League Louis Atkins, Executive VP, NAPS Jay Killackey, Secretary/Treasurer NAPS For the Postal Service Doug Tulino, Vice President, Labor Relations Bill Jones, Manager, Labor Relations, […]
Update NAPS and Postmaster Organizations Say “No” to Pay Concessions Postmaster, Supervisor Groups Reject Pay Freeze (PDF) we cannot agree to either forego or defer the upcoming NPA payouts scheduled for January 2009. The attorneys with whom we have consulted on this issue believe that the Postal Service does not have the right to demand […]
Letter sent out by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union October 28, 2008 To: All Local Union Presidents All National RI-399 Advocates From: John F. Hegarty, National President William J. Flynn, Jr., Manager, CAD Re: Craft Jurisdiction for Flat Sequencing System (FSS) We are pleased to enclose a copy of an October 24, 2008 letter […]
or Selling Office Products OBJECTIVES OF RFI Identify opportunities for USPS to leverage its retail infrastructure to generate income by 1) Leasing Postal Store space to companies which sell office supplies and related products/services. 2) Selling an office supply company’s products in post offices using USPS labor resources. ***** Comments from PostalReporter reader: […]
On October 24, 2008, the Trenton Local met with management about two-tour consolidation. Management presented to the union their plan to become a two tour-processing center. The first round will be to eliminate all Tour 2 automation. This move will cause us to lose 24 mail processing clerk positions on Tour 2 automation. At the present […]
USPS is facing one of the most difficult challenges in its history. There has been a continual decline in First-Class Mail volumes over the past decade. The current economic downturn has led to an even greater decline in volume with the loss of more than 9 billion pieces this past year alone. All Headquarters Officers […]
The APWU and the Postal Service have been meeting periodically at the headquarters level and have finally reached a tentative agreement on a method that will allow for locally-negotiated four-day workweeks. “We have been pushing for a modified-workweek agreement seemingly forever: The first pilot programs were in 1994.” The sticking point of the negotiations […]
FORMER DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL TO ACT AS USPS INSPECTION SERVICE HEAD PMG Jack Potter has announced the appointment of William Gilligan as Acting Chief Postal Inspector to replace Chief Postal Inspector Al Lazaroff, who retires Nov. 3. Gilligan has been the Deputy General Counsel at Headquarters since May 2000. He began his postal career in […]