National Association of Postal Supervisors President Louis M. Atkins today applauded Sen. Mark Pryor (AR) and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) for their leadership in introducing legislation that assures fairness to all mid-level managers in the United States Postal Service.
From the National Association Of Postal Supervisors: Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont has been a champion for the employees of the Postal Service and has spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying to get consensus to develop solutions for the Postal Service’s financial condition. Below is recent correspondence from the Postal Service’s Inspector […]
February 7, 2013 – The Postal Service’s announcement to move to five-day delivery relies upon a risky gambit. It presumes Congress will stop its three-decade practice of mandating Saturday delivery, leaving the door open for five-day implementation by USPS in August. The strategy is risky, even confrontational, for several reasons. For 30 years, Congress has […]
NAPS released a statement from President Louis M. Atkins regarding the USPS Board of Governors ordering that the Postal Service accelerate it’s consolidation plans. President Atkins urged caution and restraint by the USPS while pushing for action by the United States Congress. Statement by President Louis M. Atkins National Association of Postal Supervisors Yesterday, the […]
Two House lawmakers — Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) have introduced key measures to keep the Postal Service financially solvent and improve its long-term future. NAPS supports both proposals. NAPS members should get in touch with their House lawmakers to ask for cosponsorship of these two bills: HR 1262 and HR […]
The National Association of Postal Supervisors issued this document for impacted management employees Should you have become an impacted employee as a result of this announcement, the following information has been developed to assist you in knowing what the process of a restructuring entails. Becoming an impacted employee is a shocking experience that is going […]
More than 500 Postal Supervisors, along with many Postmasters, are meeting with Congressional offices on the Hill March 22-23, 2011. From the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) The Postal Service warned Congress earlier this month that it will run out of cash by the end of the current fiscal year, on September 30, if […]
The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) reported the following information: USPS plans to revise Postal Operations Manual (POM), Section 64, Establishment of City Delivery Service. POM Sec. 641.2b currently requires that “at least 50% of the building lots in the area to be served are improved with houses or business places.” The planned revision […]
The following is an article written by Jay Killackey, Executive Vice President, National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) You and Your Benefits under attack (February 28, 2011) You might wonder why my article this month is on collective bargaining. As supervisors, managers and postmasters in the Postal Service, we do not enjoy the right to […]
The National Association of Postal Supervisors welcomed the news that the Obama administration’s FY 2012 budget proposal addresses some of the concerns of the financially struggling Postal Service. President Louis Atkins noted that the budget proposal addresses the requirement that the Postal Service pre-fund future postal retiree’s health benefits but does so with a much […]