Republican Assault on Postal Labor Contract Fizzles

National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative/Regulatory Update – April 6, 2011 Tuesday’s House oversight hearing into the tentative APWU contract and postal worker pay fell far from its billing as “Wisconsin Comes to Washington.” House Republicans appeared unready to take on the nation’s largest postal labor union, the Postal Service or the newly-minted labor contract […]

NAPS Issues Document To Assist Supervisors Impacted By Restructuring

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 […]

Video: PMG addresses NAPS Members At Legislative Training Seminar

PMG Pat Donahoe speaks to National Association Of Supervisors members at the 2011 Legislative Training Seminar held March 20-23, 2011 in Washington, DC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDFHiZqO8I[/youtube]   Part 2 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgO7BaSxHAc[/youtube]      

NAPS: Congress Needs To Correct Two Massive Errors Driving USPS Into The Red

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 […]

USPS To Revise Postal Operations Manual On Initiation Of City Delivery Service

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 […]

NAPS: The Threat to End Collective Bargaining

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 […]

National Association of Postal Supervisors Applauds Administration’s Budget Proposal

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 […]

USPS, Management Groups Reach Agreement On Salary Protection For DUO Impacted Postmasters

The agreement between USPS and Management Associations covers salary protection for Postmasters and Station Managers who are downgraded as a result of Delivery Unit Optimization Implementation Here is a summary of agreement from the National League Of Postmasters: League President Mark Strong has received a memo from Postal Headquarters stating that a solution and understanding […]

NAPS: The Business Case for Continuing Six-Day Delivery

From the National Association Of Postal Supervisors January 2011 The Business Case for Continuing Six-Day Delivery Since March, 2010 the Postal Service has promoted several cost-saving measures, including reducing the number of delivery days from the current six-days per week to a five-day delivery structure.  The National Association of Postal Supervisors believes that the Postal […]

APWU, Postal Unions Urge Obama To Fix USPS Pension Overfunding

The APWU and other postal unions and management associations have asked President Barack Obama to take “immediate action to save almost 100,000 good, middle-class jobs and stabilize the financial condition” of the Postal Service. “A healthy postal system is critical for a healthy U.S. economy,” the organizations wrote [PDF] on Jan. 12. “The financial problems […]