12.12.14
PRC rejects NAPS request to open inquiry on USPS plant consolidations and expected mail slowdown
Last month NAPS submitted a request to PRC to open inquiry on USPS plant consolidations and mail slowdown
The National Association of Postal Supervisors has requested the Postal Regulatory Commission to assess the impact of the Postal Service’s planned consolidation of 82 mail processing facilities, slated to begin in January 2015. The consolidations are expected to slow down delivery of much of the nation’s mail, especially in rural and small town America, and virtually eliminate overnight single-piece First Class mail service.
In a December 8 letter to NAPS from PRC General Counsel David Trissell, the PRC said the Commission’s rules did not permit it to reopen a completed advisory opinion docket, despite the recognition that the network rationalization slows down the mail, by increasing the days to delivery for certain types of mail. Trissell pointed to the Commission’s Annual Compliance Determination review as a means of assessing USPS compliance with its performance goals.
“Generally, the Postal Service must seek an advisory opinion whenever it “determines that there should be a change in the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide bases.” See 39 U.S.C. § 3661. There is not a direct mechanism for the Commission to independently initiate the advisory opinion process, or reopen a completed advisory opinion docket. Advisory opinions issued by the Commission provide an independent assessment of proposed Postal Service actions and they are advisory in nature, which means that the Postal Service is not bound by the advice or recommendations provided therein.”
“Based on all of the considerations above, the Commission does not have a basis for initiating a reassessment of Phase II of the Postal Service’s network rationalization initiative at this time. However, NAPS is encouraged to participate in the ACD process if it believes that the Postal Service’s service performance goals are not being met.”
PRC response to NAPS letter regarding plant closures (12-12-14)
NAPS Urges PRC to Open Inquiry into Plant Consolidations and Expected Mail Slowdown
We need SMO Richard Murphy [CMPDC] Shrewsbury MA to run for NAPS rep.
They seem to be afraid of him and his vast knowledge of the rules and regulations.
Well, well, well, NAPS FINALLY caught on! Don’t worry, Staples is hiring!
NAPS. A completely useless organization. Proof of point number one…They wait until two months before Plant closures will begin to take effect to inquire about Plant closures. They wait until the day after Congress passes the Omnibus bill stating no provision for Plant closures. Only they would jump onto a sinking ship at the last minute.