UPMA (United Postmasters and Managers of America) – On Friday, March 23, as Congress was leaving the Capitol for its two-week Easter/Passover Recess, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1626, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. This legislation funds the government through the end of the current fiscal year.
UPMA was attentive to any attempts to use this bill to cut postal employee and retiree benefits.The legislation did not include such provisions.
Although the 2,149 page bill included a variety of substantive “policy riders,” an attempt to attach postal reform legislation to it was abandoned. However, H.R. 1626, as enacted, includes a number of provisions that relate to the Postal Service. In addition to providing $58 million to reimburse the USPS for mail for the blind and overseas voting, H.R. 1626 provides $94 million for monitoring the illicit importation of opioids though USPS international air mail facilities.The appropriations bill also includes such perennial postal provisions as the prohibition against using appropriated funds to close or consolidate rural and small post offices, and the prohibition of reducing 6-day residential mail delivery.
by Bob Levi on 03/26/18
ARE YOU KIDDING ME…the article reads “UPMA was attentive to any attempts to use this bill (H.R. 1626) to CUT Postal employee and retiree benefits”??? This was the same group that applauded the reform bill just last week, that in effect would take away our health benefits as we know them today!! It appears that this group doesn’t give a “rat’s behind” about Postal employees or retirees. They, like the other “so called unions” have sold us out (employees and retirees) to suit their own agendas without any regard to who they represent!!
They, like the other unions need to “grow a pair” and represent their union members and go after the real problem “PAEA” instead of throwing their members under the bus!! We as retirees are just asking for what we have earned, (and a little respect would be nice too!)