National Association of Postal Supervisors Statement on the Postal Service’s Plan to Close Eighty-Two Processing Facilities The Postal Service on June 30 announced a major restructuring of its mail processing network with the closure of eighty-two (82) processing facilities throughout the country beginning in January, 2015. NAPS opposes the Postal Service’s plan because it will […]
Post Plan completion date extended Program keeps Post Offices open by reducing hours The Post Plan timeline has been extended — with the program now being finalized in early January 2015.Since the program was announced more than two years ago, 9166 Post Offices have had retail operating hours adjusted based on customer use: 3,009 offices […]
The Postmasters organizations have had numerous meetings with Postal Headquarters regarding the final implementation of POStPlan, since the announcement of the extension of the POStPlan RIF date from September 30, 2014 to January 9, 2015. As a result of these meetings, a number of clarifications on the implementation and the POStPlan Timeline were shared with […]
The U.S. Postal Service is wrapping up meetings this summer with customers on reduced hours at its community post offices. By this fall, about 13,000 post offices nationwide, including 49 in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties, will have had their hours reduced to either two, four or six hours daily, but they will remain […]
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The U.S. Postal Service is nearing the end of a two-year process to determine a reduction of retail-service hours at 246 rural post office locations throughout Alabama. As part of the plan that will conclude in September, the agency has scheduled community meetings from June 26 through July 16 concerning the final […]
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service is giving West Springfield customers a choice: a part-time post office or nothing. The Postal Service plans to reduce window service at the local post office from six and one-half to four hours daily on weekdays and continue Saturday morning hours, according to a May 28 letter to […]
Postmaster Organizations informed that RIF effective Date Postponed until 01/10/2015 There are a lot of anxious POStPlan impacted Postmasters waiting for final news on the specific RIF timelines and events associated with this phase of POStPlan implementation. We continue to meet with Postal Headquarters and minor changes come from each of these meetings which will […]
http://youtu.be/ytMunpXT2VE Recent events on Capitol Hill are signs the Postal Service along with Congress and the Obama Administration are headed down a promising path, says PMG Pat Donahoe. In his latest message to employees, Donahoe reports the White House and key decision makers in the House appear to share support for major reforms. He is […]
This memo addresses and clarifies Postal Service policy regarding salary protection for non bargaining employees impacted by Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) and POStPlan.
From the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) Today, President Obama unveiled his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget and it includes a number of proposals that relate to the Postal Service. Refund the Postal Service the projected Federal Employees Retirement System overpayment of $5 billion, over a 2-year period Recalculate the USPS retiree […]