3\/5\/26 – Today NAPS President Ivan Butts addressed the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the USPS and UPMA over the scope of UPMA representation. In a letter to Michael Elston, USPS Vice President, Labor Relations, President Butts said:<\/p>\n
USPS purports to \u201cvoluntarily\u201d recognize UPMA as \u201cthe representative of non-supervisory, non-managerial employees\u201d in the Postal Service. The suggestion that a distinct group of \u201cnon-managerial\u201d employees exists within the EAS is specious and contrary to the legislative history of 39 U.S.C. \u00a7 1004(b), its judicial interpretation, USPS history, and common sense.<\/p>\n
President Butts reminded the Postal Service that NAPS has consistently and vigorously represented all EAS personnel. “Over the past decade, NAPS consulted with USPS numerous times in connection with the pay of thousands of employees in non-supervisory positions throughout the EAS., Butts wrote. \u201cUSPS has never questioned NAPS\u2019s eligibility to represent these non-supervisory employees in the managerial ranks, nor has it ever characterized their positions as \u2018non-managerial.\u2019\u201d Indeed, it appears that the reason the Postal Service would prefer to deal with UPMA is that UPMA has been far less vigorous in advocating for its own members.<\/p>\n
President Butts concluded his letter to Mr. Elston by reaffirming NAPS’s mission, writing “…Regardless of any agreement the USPS may elect to reach with UPMA concerning the scope of that organization\u2019s representation, ” Butts wrote, “NAPS will continue to proudly represent all supervisory and other managerial personnel of the United States Postal Service, consistent with the mission of our association and the dictates of the law.”<\/p>\n
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