The following has been sent by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the Association for Postal Commerce, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Association of Magazine Media to the Postmaster General of the United States regarding the Postal Service’s decision to move forward with a postal exigency request. We are perplexed. In your presentations to the […]
NAPUS Meets With USPS Headquarters to Review ELM 650 Process NAPUS President Bob Rapoza met with Postal Service representatives this week to review possible changes to the ELM 650 process. This section of the ELM covers nonbagaining disciplinary and appeal procedures, including letters of warning in lieu of time off suspensions, emergency placement and other […]
NEWEST VPO OPENS IN MISSOURI VILLAGE POST OFFICE LIST GROWS Missouri’s Doe Run Village Post Office (VPO), located in Sherry’s Quick Mart, is the latest to join the Postal Service’s list of eight fully-functional VPOs. As of last Monday, USPS had received 505 VPO inquiries from interested vendors nationwide. Six additional VPOs with contracts are […]
ON GUARD CUSTOMERS WARNED ABOUT EMAIL SCAMMERS USING USPS NAME Postal Service customers take note — usps.com recently posted a warning about email scammers using the Postal Service’s name to access valuable personal information. Customers being targeted receive bogus emails with subject lines containing the text: “USPS Delivery Failure Notification.” The emails claim to be […]
Penalty Overtime Exclusion As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the USPS–NALC and USPS–APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of 4 consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-11, Week 1 (December 3, 2011), and ends Pay Period 01-12, […]
Federal Taxation Percentages for Supplemental Wages USPS® employees are reminded that the percentages used to tax supplemental wages are different from the normal taxation percentages. Supplemental wages may include, but are not limited to, annual leave exchange, awards, back-pay awards, prizes, severance pay, and reimbursements for moving expenses. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 […]
Postmasters are obviously not happy with their USPS proposed pay packages for years 2011-2015. See articles below from NAPUS and Nat. League of Postmasters. NAPUS Executive Board Unanimously Approves President Rapoza’s Request to Ask the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to Convene a Factfinding Panel on Postmaster Pay Package In a special telecom tonight, […]
Rapoza Also Expresses Concerns that the Proposed Bill Could Reduce the Level of Health Care Coverage for Retirees and Asks that Management Associations be Included in Developing a Postal-Only Health Plan Today, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza sent a letter to key members of the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee, requesting consideration on some […]
Delegation Questions Possible Closures of Fairbanks Post Offices Asks Postmaster General for explanation of information used to consider Fort Wainwright, Eielson closures The Alaska Congressional Delegation is expressing concern over the decision to move forward on possible closure of the post offices on Alaska’s Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. After learning yesterday that […]
Brandon post office one of 178 in Iowa that Postal Service wants to close Brandon, IA – In Brandon today, Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) met with local residents and officials about the impact of the US Postal Service’s planned closures of hundreds of small town post offices across Iowa, including the post office in Brandon. […]