April 26, 2012

Late Wednesday afternoon, the Senate passed S 1789, the 21st Century Postal Act of 2012, by an overwhelming margin of 62-37.  The bill makes it more difficult to close small rural post offices and provides a one year moratorium on closings of small post offices in rural areas.  The bill provides a return of $11 billion (prefunding overpayment) to the Postal Service, which can be used to pay down the postal debt and fund buyouts for employees.  Under this bill, the Postal Service would save billions of dollars annually as health benefits prefunding requirements would be reduced. The savings would come as a result of an approved re-structuring of the Postal Service’s scheduled payments for retiree health benefits, which would still provide the necessary funding for future retiree health benefits.

Now, similar legislation must move through the House before it can become law. For more information on S 1789, and where postal legislation goes from here, please go to the NAPUS Legislative News link.

Charlie Moser
April 26, 2012

April 25, 2012

The Senate will pick up where it left off yesterday, when it resumes voting on the remaining amendments to S. 1789. As reported in the Washington Post, under an amendment passed Tuesday, the Postal Service would be specifically barred from closing post offices for one year if they are located in rural areas.  The Postal …Continue Reading

April 20, 2012

Postmasters Anxiously Await News on Pay Consultations, Voluntary Early Retirements (VERs) and Rumors

March 26, 2012

President Bob Rapoza welcomed NAPUS Postmasters to the Leadership Conference. He said the speakers may tell them what they want to hear, but make no mistake: Postmasters’ titles and future employment are at stake—and the stakes are much higher than they were 12 months ago. He said NAPUS must change with the changing times; some …Continue Reading

March 23, 2012

President Bob Rapoza opened Friday morning’s Executive Board meeting by saying he thought his first term as national president was tough, but it was nothing compared to the first three months of this year. He thanked board members for coming into town earlier in the week for their strategy session. This session helps board members …Continue Reading