No Decision on Incentives as Workforce Reduction Discussions Continue

Today, employees in hundreds of mail processing facilities will learn whether their workplace will be impacted by the Postal Service’s recently completed area mail processing and facility study. All employees in these facilities received a “State of the Postal Service” video message from Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.

In the video, Donahoe said that there was “too much unused capacity in the mail processing network” which required changes to reduce the financial pressures being placed on the Postal Service. The PMG said that he will continue to honor the moratorium that was worked out with the Senate. He said the Postal Service will continue to have plant discussions with the public and will honor the contract about changes to the network.

Mr Donahoe said that the Postal Service is currently talking to union and management association leaders about incentives as part of an effort to reduce the size of the workforce. At the conclusion of the video, supervisors were instructed to notify employees if their facility was going to be consolidated or closed after the May 15, 2012 moratorium. A copy of the list of impacted offices can be found on the USPS Blue Page.

As reported on the NAPUS website last Friday (February 17, 2012), the Postal Service again confirmed that no decision on retirement incentives has been made at this time. If a decision is made on retirement incentives, details will be posted on www.LiteBlue.gov on the HR Web page at Workforce Connection. Details will also be posted as soon as it becomes available on the NAPUS website at www.napus.org.

Charlie Moser – NAPUS
February 23, 2012