From the National Association of Postmasters of the United States President Bob Rapoza addressed NAPUS members Monday morning, March 18, during the Leadership Conference’s general business session. He pointed out this is his fourth and final year as NAPUS national president. He acknowledged that issues he has been dealing with since last year have been […]
The following update is provided concerning APO and RMPO offices going through the POStPlan implementation process. Charlie Moser March 8, 2013 1 – Any internal or external postings for Part-Time Postmaster – PTPM (6-hour offices) or Postmaster Relief – PMR must be posted as a 5-day assignment. Any office posted in error with a 6-day per week assignment […]
First Round Consideration Limited to All EAS Career Postmasters More than 1,000 career 6-Hour Postmaster vacancies have been posted, with first consideration being given to all career EAS postmasters, including A-E (EPM 51-55) postmasters. The initial posting period for these offices will be from March 5-20, 2013. Afterwards, remaining vacancies will be posted to all […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) Apparently, the House Republican leadership has thrown in the towel in attempting to bring up H.R. 2309, the Issa-Ross postal bill, prior to the summer recess. (The summer recess extends from August 4 through September 9.) Depending on who you ask, the following reasons […]
On December 6, 2011, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and League President Mark Strong met with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and agreed to re-open Postmaster pay talks. This agreement was reached in the midst of the selection of a fact-finding panel from a list of panelist received from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. If […]
Today,the National Association Of Postmasters Of The United States (NAPUS), The League Of Postmasters (NLPM), Mark Strong, Robert Rapoza, Retired Postmasters Marilyn Shaw and Marilyn Hill filed a complaint with PRC requesting a temporary hold on USPS post office closings. Postmasters request a ruling that the Postal Service must obtain an advisory opinion from the […]
“On May 17, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza submitted testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Federal Services, and International Security. NAPUS called for Congress to expeditiously enact legislation to accurately calculate USPS pension liability and permit the agency to use the surplus to pre-fund retiree health costs. This […]
From the National League of Postmasters: The LEAGUE has received official notification that the significant recommendations that LEAGUE and NAPUS submitted in reference to the revisions of Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) Section 415, Rate Retention and Change to Lower EAS Grade will not be adopted. There was one recommendation that was adopted regarding […]
On Monday, May 2, the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. (NAPUS) and the National League of Postmasters (LEAGUE) submitted “Public Comments” to the U.S. Postal Service, opposing proposed regulations that would result in the wholesale closing of Post Offices through the nation. In a joint comment, the two postal management organizations illustrated how […]
NAPUS President Bob Rapoza briefed the National Executive Board on Thursday, April 7, on strategies to derail an illegal Postal Service attempt to implement regulations that would make it easier to close post offices, deny communities their statutory due process rights, and would violate the existing statutory definition of “Postmaster.” The meeting, which followed an […]