Editorial in Federal Times by Mark Strong, President, National League of Postmasters Myths about the U.S. Postal Service fly fast and far these days. For instance, you have may have heard that there are 36,000 post offices in the U.S., which is more retail outlets than Wal-Mart, Starbucks and McDonald’s combined. In addition, many of […]
From the National League of Postmasters September 10, 2010 Draft legislative provisions are floating around the Senate that 1) eliminate the prohibition against closing, for financial reasons only, small rural post offices and 2) gut the statutory Post Office Closing Provisions that are designed to protect rural communities. The League believes that such provisions are […]
From the National League of Postmaster’s President’s Message: Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) is being implemented at break neck speed and by Tuesday a new Power Point presentation will be on the web site. Review it, learn it and train other Postmasters on it. There are many impacts with DUO; pay, Postmaster level and the future […]
This failure to act is causing the Postal Service to waste millions of dollars each year in lost productivity POSTAL SERVICE MUST IMPROVE LOCAL MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY AND FILL POSTMASTER VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYFrom The National League of Postmasters: The recession has had a devastating impact on the finances of the Postal Service. The Postal Service […]