NAPUS President Rapoza Discusses Early Outs and Incentives in Meeting With PMG

In yesterday’s monthly meeting with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza discussed Voluntary Early Retirements (VERs), Incentives and adding years of service as possibilities to help ease the financial burdens of the USPS. While many options are being considered as the Postal Service attempts to reduce the number of on roll employees, President Rapoza suggested that VERs, Incentives and adding years of service should be strongly considered as part of the process.

Postmaster General Donahoe is scheduled to address nearly 1,200 attendees at the NAPUS National Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico next week. Attendees are hopeful that the PMG may provide a preview of a “major announcement” that is scheduled to be released on September 15.

In a story published in the Washington Post, the White House plans to present a USPS financial rescue plan in coming weeks. The proposed plan would be included in the Obama administrations deficit reduction package. The White House is requesting that Congress provide the USPS with a 90-day extension to pay mandatory annual retirement payments of more than $5 billion.

In a related story, the PMG told Senators that the Postal Service could lose up to $10 billion by the end of the fiscal year.

Charlie Moser
September 7, 2011

10 Responses to "NAPUS President Rapoza Discusses Early Outs and Incentives in Meeting With PMG"

  1. give us $1000. for every year of service, and add 6 years to our csrs retirement…. you will get everyone you want to go now….

  2. PMG,

    THE VERA THAT IS COMING MUST BE OFFERED TO ALL CSRS EMPLOYEES! DO NOT BE SELECTIVE AT THIS TIME. IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE NUMBERS YOU WANT THEN LISTEN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES.

  3. I also pray for a vera. 31 years in service. I am tired of all the doom and gloom.
    The absolutely stupid budgets we have, and the constant reports, and now a pathetic mess with pse and ntft employees. three mos more to pay. Come President, we can’t pay in twelve months what good is another three.

  4. I am a Carrier with 38yrs of Service and 56 yrs old under CSRS with 2000 plus hrs of sick leave. Add 3 yrs to my time and let the door hit me in the A– cuz I will be gone B-4 the ink is dry.

  5. I have 33 years of service and 52 years old. Will be 53 in March 2012. I am presently a US Postal Inspection Service employee. If they do offer another VERA and incentives they need to offer it to ALL USPS and USPIS employees. I would go immediately if the offer came out tomorrow. They would be getting rid of an old timer, CSRS employee and high salary. They need to go ahead and offer it to all and see what they get. That way they will know where they stand and which way to go. I am sure they will have a LARGE number go if offered incentives like years for age and or service. I PRAY they offer it soon and to all. I love my job and the USPS has been good to me but it is time to let us go and let those younger employees have a possible chance at a long career also. Mr. PMG. IF you are reading this do the right thing and open the VERA to EVERYONE and offer them something.

  6. As someone who would no doubt be included in an across-the-board VER, to make it really work, that is, get a lot of people to take it, the Postal Service is going to have to offer the max the law allows, PLUS add years of service!

    There will be some that will take lesser offers, but if the Postal Service is really serious, they need to just bite the bullet, and fire their biggest gun: max cash incentive plus years of service, five at least. Quit playing with less. Purge the rolls and get on with business.

    It was a pitiful handful that bit on the 15,000 offered a few months ago to the clerks, etc.

  7. Are you kidding me……three months postponement only delays the inevitable. The financial situation will look no better for the postal service in three short months. I never understood why the post office didn’t take advantage of it’s right to lay off the unprotected employees and see how much money they might save in benefits by replacing them with non career employees. Are they waiting for someone else to do it? The ship is sinking here the question is do we save some or sacrifice all?

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