The USPS Board of Governors met April 9 to discuss this action, and has directed the Postal Service to delay implementing the new delivery schedule. The delay will continue until Congress and the president approve a law that will allow USPS to make changes that would include the authority to adjust its delivery schedule. This […]
As a result of consultations between the Postmaster associations and representatives at Postal Headquarters, the temporary 2% salary cap on POStPlan promotions to EAS-18 Postmaster positions has been lifted. The Postal Service has cancelled the temporary POStPLan Promotional Salary Policy for Postmasters that capped salary increases resulting from promotions to an EAS-18 Postmaster position at […]
The theme of this year’s LTS is 2013 CONNECT WITH CONGRESS. The passage of postal reform legislation in 2013 is a “must” to assure the Postal Service remains solvent. The Senate and the House will be considering postal reform legislsative proposals while we are on the Hill. This will make our time on the Hill […]
First Round Consideration Limited to All EAS Career Postmasters More than 1,000 career 6-Hour Postmaster vacancies have been posted, with first consideration being given to all career EAS postmasters, including A-E (EPM 51-55) postmasters. The initial posting period for these offices will be from March 5-20, 2013. Afterwards, remaining vacancies will be posted to all […]
“The Postmaster General should be fired. The Congress needs to block these cuts and closures. The President should issue an executive order,” said Jamie Partridge, a retired letter carrier and west coast organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, in response to the announcement that Saturday delivery would end in August. The CPWU is calling […]
Posting Timeline Released for 2013 PTPO/RMPO Offices Today, the Postal Service notified NAPUS of plans to post additional vacant offices that are scheduled to become 6-hour POStPlan offices. Offices on the next posting list will include those where POStPlan is implemented, making them 6 –hour offices on February 9, February 23, and March 9, 2013. […]
Postal Headquarters Responds to Management Association’s Concerns In response to concerns raised by the three management associations (NAPUS, NAPS and the League,) Postal Headquarters officials announced adjustments to the DUO process, which will be rolled out this Thursday, January 24, 2013. Adjustments will include changes to the DUO Financial Worksheets in CSDC, as well as […]
January 14, 2013 Today, the NAPUS national office received a memorandum from Postal headquarters announcing the immediate temporary suspension of Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) implementation. The memorandum was dated January 11, 2013, although it was not forwarded to NAPUS until today, January 14th. The temporary suspension of the DUO implementation process went into effect immediately, […]
The LEAGUE National Office received the non-bargaining unit salary schedules (PDF) for 2013. These schedules will go into effect January 12, 2013. Although there were no pay increases for 2012, the new schedules will raise the caps on most all EAS positions. PFP salary determinations for FY/2013 will be subject to the Postal Service’s review […]
Non-Bargaining Salary Schedules Released for FY 2013 NAPUS and League leaders met with USPS Officials to update the Administrative Rules and the Mitigating Factors process for the Pay for Performance (PFP) program. Updates to the Administrative Rules will include eliminating references to the former core requirements indicators, which were eliminated under the Postmaster Pay Package […]