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Reach Out to New EAS Professionals to Join page 5
February 2023
page 11
February 2023, Volume 114, No. 2
The Postal Supervisor (ISSN 0032-5384) is printed
In This Issue February 2023
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Articles submitted for The objective of the Assoc RESIDENT OFFICERS
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promote the welfare of mote, through appropriate
3 A Tale of Two Representations—Continued Ivan D. Butts
NAPS and its members
in accordance with and effective action, the 4 Shining a Light on S&DCs Chuck Mulidore
Article II of the NAPS welfare of its members,
Constitution & Bylaws. and to cooperate with the 5 Reach Out to New EAS Professionals to Join Jimmy Warden
The NAPS resident offi- USPS and other agencies
cers reserve the right to
edit all articles, as well of the federal government COLUMNS
as decline to publish in a continuing effort to
submitted material. improve the service, to 24 Legislative Update Bob Levi
Branch officer articles raise the standard of
must be not more than 29 The NAPS Postmaster Beverly Torain
350 words. Send all arti- efficiency, and to widen
cles to NAPS Secretary/ the field of opportunity
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Commentary
from the Resident Officers
A Tale of Two Representations—
Continued
H
ello, my NAPS brothers and sisters. I hope you ters—clearly, it may not represent supervisors.
all had a wonderful, blessed Christmas and “While postmasters’ organizations are expressly
New Year with your families. I write this col- prohibited from also representing supervisors, and
umn as we approach a new year full of hope managerial organizations are prohibited from also rep-
and promise as we continue pursuing increases in pay resenting supervisors or postmasters, no such restric-
policies and schedules, fringe benefit programs and tion is placed on supervisory organizations. Supervi
other programs relating to supervisory and other man- sory organizations—beyond having to show they
agerial employees—including postmasters. represent a majority of supervisors—are not limited in
As I pointed out in my January column, the famous who else they can represent. This precisely crafted stat-
opening line from Charles Dickens’ ute thus presents a ‘nested’ structure, in which Con-
novel, “A Tale of Two Cities”—“It gress placed deliberate restrictions on postmasters’ or-
was the best of times; it was the ganizations (which may not represent supervisors) and
worst of times”—highlights a sig- on managerial organizations (which may not represent
nificant conflict between family either supervisors or postmasters), but conspicuously
and love, hatred and oppression, left the supervisory organization free to represent
good and evil, light and darkness either postmasters or managers alongside supervisors.”
and wisdom and folly. Just before this language, beginning on page 26 of
For NAPS, this quote is applica- the opinion, the Appeals Court distinguishes between
ble to the current times we are fac- the various percentage-threshold requirements im-
Ivan D. Butts ing, considering the affirmations posed by section 1004(b) of Title 39 and why there can
President received in the Feb. 22, 2022, deci- be only one supervisory organization (because of the
sion by the U.S. Court of Appeals majority requirement), compared to the possibility of
for the District of Columbia, No. 20-5280, NAPS, Ap- as many as five organizations representing postmasters
pellant, v. USPS & UPMA, Appellees. You can find all (because of the 20% threshold requirement).
the documents regarding this case at https://naps.org/ “The carefully worded language of section 1004(b)
Forms-and-Documents. presents different requirements for supervisory organi-
In my January 2023 column, I discussed representa- zations than for postmaster or managerial organiza-
tion in terms of disciplinary and adverse actions as the tions. In requiring that a supervisory organization rep-
first of two representative paths facing NAPS within the resent ‘a majority of supervisors,’ Congress made clear
USPS. This month, I want to focus on the representa- that there can be only one such organization author-
tive path of “pay policies and schedules, fringe benefit ized to consult on behalf of supervisors. 39 U.S.C. §
programs and other programs relating to supervisory 1004(b). Multiple organizations cannot each represent
and other managerial employees, including postmas- ‘a majority of supervisors,’ only one can. However, be-
ters.” cause any given postmasters’ organization must only
The foundation of NAPS’ claims to represent all EAS represent ‘at least 20 percent of postmasters,’ as many
employees is found in the following language from as five postmasters’ organizations could qualify under
page 27 of the Appeals Court’s opinion. The court’s lan- the Act. Likewise, a managerial organization must only
guage clearly establishes that NAPS, as a supervisory or- represent ‘a substantial percentage of managerial em-
ganization, may represent all EAS personnel (meaning ployees,’ so many managerial organizations could qual-
all supervisors, postmasters and managers). In contrast, ify. This distinction sets the supervisory organization
a postmaster organization may represent only postmas- Continued on page 9
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 3
Shining a Light on S&DCs
T
he Postal Service recently announced its plan to more vulnerable to having its retail hours cut, getting
spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric ve- relocated to a smaller space or being closed completely.
hicles (EVs) and related infrastructure. This is, of DeJoy is not restructuring the delivery network in
course, good news. However, the Postmaster order to fit facilities for EVs. Any post office can be fitted
General’s linkage of buying more EVs to his plan to relo- for EVs. You don’t need to centralize the network in
cate letter carriers from post offices to large Sorting & order to make that happen. The plan to consolidate
Delivery Centers (S&DCs) may be disingenuous. routes was developed long before any thought was
The PMG has stated the Postal Service is restructur- given to buying tens of thousands of electric vehicles.
ing its mail processing and delivery The “Delivering for America” plan released in
network to minimize unnecessary March 2021 already was talking about “improving our
transportation. It will concentrate delivery unit footprint, optimizing delivery units and
letter carriers at centralized loca- streamlining carrier functions.” At that point, the Post-
tions rather than using current post al Service was committed to electrifying only 10% of
offices that take advantage of exist- the new fleet.
ing infrastructure. NAPS’ concern is It wasn’t until June 2022 that the Postal Service
twofold. began saying it could buy more EVs thanks to “delivery
First, what will happen to the network and related route refinements,” even though
supervisors, managers and post- by then it had been developing the S&DC plan for over
Chuck Mulidore masters in the existing facilities a year. A July 2022 article in the agency’s The Eagle Mag-
Executive Vice President whose carriers will be moved to a azine rolling out the new delivery network doesn’t even
new facility? The Postal Service has mention electric vehicles
not been transparent with NAPS leadership on this It’s not simply that the network reconfiguration
issue beyond vague pledges of no immediate impacts. makes it possible to buy more EVs. Now we’re told that
Second, the American public has not been told of purchasing more EVs only will be possible if the deliv-
these changes that will impact post offices in their com- ery network is modernized:
munities in defiance of public law. Why? As further re- “What is less widely understood is that our network
ported by Steve Hutkins in the “Save the Post Office” modernization initiative is necessary to enable this ve-
blog, there are other problems: hicle electrification and will also provide meaningful
“First, the plan to restructure the delivery network cost and carbon reductions in other ways.”
actually adds hundreds of millions of miles to carrier In other words, DeJoy can’t buy all these EVs unless
routes. DeJoy has repeatedly said his plan will simplify he can go forward with his S&DC plan. Thus, DeJoy is
the network and reduce transportation costs, but he’s using the very popular plan to buy electric vehicles to
provided no evidence for this and there’s plenty of data justify his very unpopular delivery centralization plan.
showing the opposite. NAPS will not allow this process to go unchal-
“An internal USPS presentation from July 29, 2022, lenged. We have pressed, and will continue to press,
shows that the plan adds about 12 or 13 miles to each members of Congress representing those affected com-
route, one-way, which, for the 100,000 routes that will munities to ask questions and seek answers the Postal
be relocated from existing post offices, adds up to some- Service has been unwilling to share with NAPS or the
thing like 700 million more miles annually. The Postal American people. Why? Because we fight for transpar-
Service has yet to explain how the plan will ‘minimize ency, we fight for our members and we care that the
unnecessary transportation’ or how, even with all these American people are given the necessary information
additional miles, it will reduce costs overall.” about their community’s post offices.
According to the USPS presentation, in the Atlanta We must shine a light into the dark recesses of this
metro area, seven or eight S&DCs—three in existing fa- S&DC process. This is who we are—NAPS strong—now
cilities, the others in new ones—will absorb over 2,300 and in the future.
routes from about 80 post offices. The routes are nearly naps.cm@naps.org
all urban and suburban. In any case, once the carriers
are gone, a post office—big or small—becomes much
4 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisor
Reach Out to New EAS
Professionals to Join
W
e all know the saying, “The early bird catch- report, that means there were no promotions for that
es the worm!” Or, as my grandsons tell me, respective pay period.
“Grandpa, you snooze, you lose!” Especially By using these reports, you now have become the
when I ask them where they got that cake or early bird or, as my grandsons would say, you are not
ice cream! When I hear these sayings, I think of our snoozing! The EAS reports show you who has received a
members. Or, shall I say, nonmembers. promotion that took effect that very same pay period.
NAPS Headquarters has received some calls from Before sending out this report, a member of our staff—
branches asking if we can get a listing of all USPS train- Allison or Emily—annotates on the report whether
ing classes and career conferences they already are a member.
that will be held in the upcoming All branches should be contacting these individuals
year. As you should be aware, I have listed as not being members. These individuals all are in
been sending out an EAS promo- the first week of their new assignments. Some branches
tion report every two weeks to Ex- send a letter of congratulations to those listed who al-
ecutive Board members, who then ready are members.
send these reports to their respec- We should not be waiting for a supervisor training
tive branches. class or Postmaster Essentials class to speak to prospec-
I also have started receiving the tive supervisors and postmasters about joining our as-
promotion report for postmasters sociation. These training classes take place months
Jimmy Warden and send it out to the Executive after new assignments have begun. These two reports
Secretary/Treasurer Board for distribution to their re- give us the upper hand in increasing our membership
spective branches, as well. I will be and should be given priority when received.
receiving and sending out the postmaster report Going back to career conferences, supervisor and
monthly. These are two separate reports that every Postmaster Essentials training classes, we strongly urge
branch should be receiving. Why two separate reports, local branches to reach out to their district manager of
you ask? Because they are generated by two different in- Employee Development. If you have difficulty contact-
dividuals. ing them, reach out to your respective NAPS area vice
When you receive these large reports, you need to president. Ask them for help in making a request to be
drill down to your respective district; it’s easy to do. Fol- notified when career conferences and training sessions
low these steps: will be held and, if possible, could you have a few min-
• Open the report. utes to speak to the attendees.
• Click on the Report tab at the bottom. I know I just said not to wait for training classes to
• Click on the Enable editing tab at the top. speak to new supervisors. It still would be a good prac-
• On the EAS report, go to the second column on tice, though, to follow up with anyone who may be in
the left marked Cluster Name and click on the drop- the class who had not joined NAPS previously. It also
down arrow. gives you an opportunity to hear from those who al-
• On the postmaster report, go to column one on ready are members should they have a concern or ques-
the left side marked PFC/District Name. tion.
• Deselect Select All. Ask them how are they doing in their new position
• Now, click on your respective district. as it has been a few months now. In regard to career
This will show you all the promotions in your dis- conferences, ask the manager of Employee Develop-
trict in Customer Service. If there were promotions ment if NAPS can partner by having a table with infor-
within your respective Mail Processing or Logistics area, mation at the conference. At the many conferences I
you also will need to select them. These usually are lo- attended as New York Area vice president, I was given
cated near your district. Should your district, Mail Pro- time to speak to all the attendees and encourage them
cessing or Logistics area not appear in the pay period to better themselves in their careers.
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 5
We have great talent among the the efforts by the areas and top-10 mately 2,800 vacant supervisor posi-
craft and managerial ranks. We need states. Some members have had con- tions. In October 2022, the number
these employees to take the next step cerns, but they were looking only at of vacant supervisor positions
and use their knowledge and skills to the percentage of membership. The dropped to approximately 1,200,
make the Postal Service a better place reason our percentage has not had a with approximately 750 of those po-
in which to work. major increase based on the number sitions in eCareer. Vacant positions
I have included the charts Emily of new members is because the num- are being filled. We need to contact
put together to show you member- ber of nonmembers has increased. these new supervisors and postmas-
ship is increasing and acknowledge A year ago, there were approxi- ters (using the promotion reports) to
6 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisor
inform them of the benefits of join- tive Board to play a part in this initia- Remember: “The early bird catch-
ing NAPS. tive. Although many already do, I es the worm!” Or as my grandsons
The opportunity is there right in need regional and area vice presi- say, “You snooze, you lose!” Increas-
front of us! We need you, the local dents to look at the promotion re- ing membership demonstrates lead-
branches, to reach out to these new ports and reach out to their respec- ership.
EAS professionals. tive branches to ensure prospective naps.jw@naps.org
I’m also asking the NAPS Execu- members are being contacted.
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 7
8 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisor
A Tale of Two Representations—
Continued Thrift Savings Plan
Continued from page 3
Fund G F C S I
apart from the start.”
As to the representation of USPS December 2022 0.32% (0.65%) (5.78%) (6.55%) (1.85%)
Headquarters and Area EAS employ- 12-month 2.98% (12.83%) (18.13%) (26.26%) (13.94%)
ees, the Appeals Court stated on page The G, F, C, S, and I Fund returns for the last 12 months assume unchanging b alances (time-weighting) from
month to month, and assume that earnings are compounded on a monthly basis.
23:
“The Postal Act plainly obligates
Fund L Income L 2025 L 2030 L 2035 L 2040
the agency to consult with respect to
compensation for supervisory and December 2022 (0.90%) (1.65%) (2.64%) (2.93%) (3.22%)
other managerial employees regard- 12-month (2.70%) (6.72%) (10.32%) (11.65%) (12.90%)
less of their designation by the Postal
Fund L 2045 L 2050 L 2055 L 2060 L 2065
Service as ‘Field,’ ‘Headquarters,’ or
‘Area’ employees.” December 2022 (3.47%) (3.71%) (4.48%) (4.49%) (4.49%)
The “nesting” structure, refer- 12-month (14.03%) (15.05%) (17.60%) (17.61%) (17.61%)
enced in the first text cited from page These returns are net of the effect of accrued administrative expenses and investment expenses/costs. The
27 of the opinion, is illustrated with performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment
returns and principal value will fluctuate, so that investors’ shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than
this drawing from page 28 of the their original cost. The L 2010 Fund was retired on Dec. 31, 2010. The L 2020 Fund was retired June 2020.
opinion. Affir-
mations from Visit the TSP website at www.tsp.gov
the Appeals
Court are clear NAPS leaders, NAPS Headquarters chase membership.
and unambigu- must speak out. At the end of the day, as stated by
ous that NAPS is On Nov. 16, 2022, under sworn federal law, NAPS is the only manage-
the only manage- testimony before the U.S. House of ment association authorized to nego-
ment association Representatives’ Subcommittee on tiate pay policies and schedules,
authorized by Government Operations of the Com- fringe benefit programs and other
federal law to represent all EAS em- mittee on Oversight and Reform, the programs relating to supervisory and
ployees in pay policies and schedules, UPMA president stated: other managerial employees (includ-
fringe benefit programs and other “On Nov. 1, 2021, I became the ing postmasters). That is fact and the
programs relating to supervisory and second elected national president of law.
other managerial employees. UPMA. Our organization is recog- As EAS employees, we should be
In the months since this historic nized statutorily under Title 39 of the looking to lift and support each
decision was handed down, I have re- U.S. Code. The statute directs that we other in facing these daily battles to
ceived forwarded emails that show consult with the United States Postal get America’s mail delivered—despite
individuals are using the USPS infra- Service to participate directly in the the efforts of an executive leadership
structure to recruit EAS employees to planning and development of pay team that seems to work to not pro-
join the other management associa- policies and schedules, fringe benefit vide the necessary resources to make
tion, which is being condoned by the programs and other programs relat- that happen. We are stronger togeth-
USPS while denying NAPS the same ing to supervisory and other mana- er—NAPS strong!
access. We are receiving articles from gerial employees.” In solidarity …
the other management association’s Based on all the facts that encom- naps.ib@naps.org
magazine, written by local leaders, pass the federal law on this issue, this
detailing their successes in recruit- statement is inaccurate. It contrib-
ment. utes to the deception being perpe-
While these actions have made it trated by EAS employees against EAS
necessary for me and my fellow resi- employees using the USPS infrastruc-
dent officers to reevaluate the data ture. I have a problem with this mis-
we are providing to the Executive information being perpetuated; it
Board for dissemination to local should not be part of any effort to
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 9
‘Taking Care of Business’
Advocating for NAPS’
Legislative Priorities
T
he 2023 Legislative Training NAPS will equip LTS delegates components of our nation’s essential
Seminar will advance NAPS’ with the effective tools and essential infrastructure. And, just as impor-
core legislative priorities: To information to be successful citizen tantly, this fact cannot be obscured
enact a fair and equitable consultative lobbyists, conveying crucial informa- by whatever is on Congress’ radar
process over EAS pay and benefits, leg- tion to members of the House and screen at the time.
islate an adverse action appeal process Senate on behalf of the almost NAPS LTS delegates will urge leg-
that covers all EAS-level postal em- 48,000 members of the EAS postal islators to fortify the Postal Service
ployees, ensure Congress fully exercis- workforce. Whether first-timers or and ensure the mail, its employees,
es its oversight responsibilities regard- Washington veterans, LTS delegates its facilities and its properties are
ing USPS operations and finances and will benefit from engaging legislative well-protected. In addition, a univer-
protect the earned retirement and seminars, listening to key legislators sal, affordable, accessible and vital
health benefits of current and future and delivering our message to Capi- Postal Service benefits all America.
NAPS retirees. tol Hill on legislation that impacts Finally, NAPS LTS delegates will
NAPS legislative advocates will NAPS members and the U.S. Postal be traveling to Washington at a
come to the U.S. Capitol at the dawn Service. crucial time—just as the White
of a newly sworn-in 118th Congress, A major component of LTS is to House and Congress will be tak-
with many new legislators who need become acclimated to the political ing up the Fiscal Year 2024 fed-
to be educated about the Postal Ser- tone on Capitol Hill and how to best eral budget. Therefore, we will
vice and the issues important to the use the different communication be fighting to protect our well-
employees who supervise and man- channels on which our federal legis- earned benefits and fight
age its operations. LTS offers one of lators and their staff members rely. budget-vultures who seek to
the most effective opportunities for Letters and phone calls are not cut the benefits earned
supervisors, managers and postmas- enough anymore. by NAPS members.
ters to bring their message directly to The clear-cut message LTS dele-
the ears of their elected representa- gates will deliver is that the Postal
tives. Service and its employees are integral2023 Legislative Training Seminar Marriott Crystal Gateway
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Substitutions
If you need to make a substitu- The room block expires on
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made after that date may be at
Headquarters at 703-836-9660. All
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requests for LTS delegate substitu-
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The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 11NAPS of Note through April 7, 2023.
NAPS has been discussing the
President Tommy Roma met with
Postal Headquarters to discuss the
issue of managers, postmasters and issue of EAS employees being re-
supervisors delivering mail since this quired to deliver mail. On Dec. 8,
Agreement Reached on Exempt past April. NAPS’ position is that EAS NAPS President Ivan D. Butts sent a
EAS Employees Delivering Mail employees should not be delivering letter to the agency, requesting that
NAPS Headquarters has been offi- mail. But when all avenues to deliver postmasters receive compensation
cially notified that all exempt post- mail have been exhausted and an ex- for working additional hours.
masters, Level-22 and below, and all empt manager, postmaster or super- NAPS appreciates the Postal Ser-
exempt station managers, Customer visor is instructed to deliver mail, vice working with us in ensuring
Service, will be entitled to additional they now will receive additional postmasters, managers and supervi-
pay should they be required to deliv- compensation. sors are properly compensated when
er mail. These additional pay provi- In September, the resident of- required to deliver mail.
sions will be in effect Dec. 31, 2022, ficers and Northeast Region Vice
NAPS Requests Adjustments to the EAS Salary Range
On Dec. 21, NAPS President in a lump-sum bonus. In order ward employee salary increas- cided, pursuant to Title 39, US
Ivan D. Butts sent a letter to to achieve this, NAPS said, the es. In addition, increasing the Code § 1004, to proceed with
USPS Headquarters requesting percentage increase needed to salary range maximums prior to implementation of the revisions
adjustments be made to the be a minimum of 7%. applying the PFP award allows outlined in our Dec. 20 corre-
EAS salary range in response to NAPS asked that the in- for a greater increase in em- spondence. The salary ranges
inflationary pressures. The creases take effect Jan. 14, ployee salaries, as well as will be effective Jan. 14, 2023,
Postal Service had proposed to 2023, immediately before ap- greater increases in pay with and are enclosed for your con-
modify the 1.5% increase as di- plying the FY22 PFP awards. future promotions. venience (see below).”
rected by the August 2021 pay In response, Bruce Nichol- “The Postal Service has de-
decision and apply a 4.1% in- son, manager, Labor Relations
crease to the salary maximums Policy Administration, wrote:
and increase the salary range “The Dec. 20 proposal and
minimums by the dollar in- modifications to the salary
crease of the respective range ranges are significantly greater
maximum. than the planned 1.5% increas-
NAPS alternatively pro- es. The Sept. 21 memorandum
posed that the 4.1% calculated from the Postmaster General
dollar-amount increase at the awarded 3% salary increases to
top end of each pay range be our nonbargaining employees
applied to all employees across to recognize efforts during the
the range. “This is a fairer ap- fiscal year while facing impacts
proach,” Butts wrote, “and from the global pandemic and
would assure that all EAS em- record inflation. This increase
ployees receive a pay increase, resulted in individual salaries of
regardless of their position on nonbargaining employees get-
the pay scale.” ting closer to the maximum of
In addition, NAPS requested each range. This award was in
a higher increase in the maxi- addition to the scheduled fiscal
mum where those at the top year 2022 Pay-for-Performance
who just received the 3% in- award.
crease would also be allowed to “The FY22 PFP award,
have their upcoming NPA in- scheduled to be applied to em-
crease be fully added to their ployee salaries on Jan. 14,
salary and not receive anything 2023, also will contribute to-
12 February 2023 / The Postal SupervisorS&DCs Scheduled
for February Startup NAPS Training Calendar
NAPS Headquarters was briefed
on Dec. 29 regarding the Sorting & Cotton Belt Area Training Location: Marriott San Juan Resort & Stellar-
is Casino. For reservations, call Marriott res-
Delivery Center (S&DC) initiative. April 21-22, 2023 ervations at 888-817-2033 or the hotel di-
These sites were selected for the Feb- In conjunction with the Tennessee State rectly at 787-722-7000, ext. 44.
ruary startup: Convention Hotel Rate: $343/single and double (includes
Conducted by: Cotton Belt Area VP Shri taxes and resort fees). Mention “NAPS” for
• Utica, NY, Processing & Distri-
Green the special rate available April 26-May 1,
bution Facility (P&DF) based on availability; registration cut-off is
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Gatlinburg
• Gainesville, FL, P&DF Downtown, 315 Historic Nature Trail, Gatlin- March 27. Maid service is $2/day; porterage
• Woburn, MA burg, 37738; 865-426-2008 gratuities are $6/round trip.
• Panama City, FL Hotel Rate: $169/$179, plus taxes; code: Registration Fee: $290. Make check payable
NAPS. to NAPS and mail to Tommy Roma, 385 Colon
• Bryan, TX, P&DC Ave., Staten Island, NY 10308. Fee includes
Registration Fee: $75, if received by March
The startups will be in waves as giveaways, coffee breaks, Friday luncheon
31; $95 after March 31
some facilities have contractual obli- and a SPAC raffle for a free weekend at the
Marriott San Juan.
gations on notification that have yet Illini Area Training
Trainers: Doug Tulino, Dane Coleman, Elvin
to be made. April 27, 2023 Mercado, Bruce Nicholson, Marina Nicholson,
In conjunction with the Illinois State Tracy Powers, Tony Dallojacono, Dee Perez
USPS Responds to Questions Convention and Bill Austin.
on Government Credit Cards Conducted by: Illini Area VP Luz Moreno
Location: Fairfield by Marriott Chicago Scha-
Western Region Training
NAPS Headquarters recently re-
umburg, 700 National Parkway, Schaumburg, Seminar
ceived concerns from EAS employees
IL 60173. Aug. 10-11, 2023
who have been requested to apply for Hotel Rate: $119/king or double Conducted by: Western Region VP Marilyn
government credit cards to be used Registration Fee: TBD Walton, Northwest Area VP John Valuet,
when making travel reservations. The Rocky Mountain Area VP Myrna Pashinski and
Northeast Region Training
USPS responded to the following
T Pacific Area VP Chuck Lum
concerns: Seminar OU Location: Ala Moana Honolulu by Mantra,
Does the travel card hurt my April 28-29, 2023
S OLD 410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu, HI 96814
Hotel Rate: $177; more information to follow
credit? The account will be reported to Conducted by: Northeast Region VP Tommy
the three major credit bureaus after 121 Roma, New England Area VP Bill Austin, New
York Area VP Dee Perez and Mideast Area VP
days past due if the delinquent balance Tony Dallojacono.
is not paid in full.
I’m purchasing a home and not
supposed to open any new credit talks and working with internet pro- (IVR) System, a telephone-based sys-
cards. The Postal Service does not par- viders to identify the sites as fraudu- tem that may be accessed by calling
ticipate in creditworthiness. Anyone who lent and proactively identifying po- the Human Resources Shared Service
applies for a travel card will be approved. tential victims. Center at 877-477-3273, menu op-
On the recommendation of the tion 1. Employees will need their EIN
LiteBlue External Link Disabled USPS Chief Information Security Of- and PIN to use the IVR system.
in Response to Cybercrimes fice, the agency disabled the external These services can be conducted
In December, the USPS received link to PostalEASE on Dec. 29. As an online via PostalEASE when accessed
reports of employees continuing to additional precaution, the net-to- using a USPS-owned laptop or desk-
click on fake LiteBlue websites. This bank and allotment functions have top computer connected to the USPS
allowed cyber criminals to steal their been disabled online in the Postal network. The LiteBlue and Postal
usernames and passwords. A limited EASE application accessed externally EASE applications have not been
number of employees have reported through LiteBlue via a personal com- compromised. A limited number of
changes to their net-to-bank or allot- puter until further notice. employees have reported unusual ac-
ment changes due to this activity. Employees may cancel allot- count activity involving their Postal
The USPS has taken multiple ments, establish net-to-bank or make EASE accounts that has been attribut-
steps to combat this activity through changes to net-to-bank via the Post- ed to their prior interaction with the
enhanced communication, stand-up alEASE Interactive Voice Response fake LiteBlue websites.
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 13Next-Generation USPS Vehicles Unveiled
On Dec. 20, the Postal Service unveiled the new electric vehicles Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled the next-generation de-
that will be replacing the current fleet. The agency anticipates in- livery vehicles on Dec. 20. From left: John Podesta, senior adviser
to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation;
creasing the number of next-generation delivery vehicles to a mini- DeJoy; Peter Pastre, USPS vice president of Government Relations
mum of 60,000—of which at least 45,000 will be battery electric— and Public Policy; Brenda Mallory, chair, White House Council on
by 2028. Environmental Quality; and Ali Zaidi, assistant to the President
and National Climate adviser.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
made this announcement at the
Dec. 20 event with representatives
from the White House in attend-
ance. The Postal Service electing to
change its fleet to electric vehicles
has helped the White House move a
year ahead of schedule in having
the government vehicle fleet be-
come electric.
NAPS Secretary/ USPS Vice President
Treasurer Jimmy of Retail and Post Of-
Warden, Rep. fice Operations Elvin
Carolyn Maloney Mercado and NAPS
and PMG Louis Secretary/Treasurer
DeJoy Jimmy Warden
NAPS President Ivan D. Butts, with Texas Area Vice President Pam Davis, swore in officers of Fort Southern Region Vice President Jaime Eli-
Worth Branch 124. From left: Butts, Davis, Vice President of Maintenance Francisco Berlan, Secre- zondo Jr. presented Annie Mitchell a watch
tary Barbara Trevino, Executive Vice President Elaine Kukulka, Secretary Karen Cooper and Presi- in recognition of her retiring as Branch
dent Manuel Trevino. 124 secretary after almost 20 years.
14 February 2023 / The Postal SupervisorNAPS Director of Legislative & Politi-
cal Affairs Bob Levi was on Capitol
Hill Jan. 3 to visit congressional offic-
es and attend swearing-in ceremo- Flushing, NY, Branch 164
hosted a holiday party in De-
nies. cember. From left: Branch
164 President Jeff Goldman,
Long Island Branch 202 Pres-
ident Tom Barone, Branch
202 Recording Secretary
Vinny Violante and Branch
164 Executive Vice President
Mark Velez.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)
NAPS President Ivan D. Butts, with Central Region Vice President Craig Johnson (left) and Illini
Area Vice President Luz Moreno (right), swore in Central Illinois District Branch 369 Executive
Board members.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
NAPS President Ivan D. Butts
swore in the officers of Southeast-
ern Pennsylvania Branch 355.
NAPS Executive Vice President
Chuck Mulidore (front row, sec-
ond from left) and Eastern Re-
gion Vice President Richard
Green (front row, second from
right) joined Pennsylvania State
President Sue Bartko (front row,
center), Pittsburgh Branch 20
President Marty Muir (back
row, fourth from left) and
members of the Executive
Board for Branch 20’s Christmas
party in mid-December.
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 15San Juan, PR, Branch 216 held its annual holiday meeting and party at the Embassy Suites in Dorado, PR, with over 150
people in attendance and a nine-piece orchestra. Past Branch 216 President Antonio Cabrera was honored with a plaque
in recognition of his years of service. President Josian Pineiro said Cabrera always has put members first and he is fortu-
nate Cabrera remains on the Executive Board as secretary.
From left: Antonio Cortes, Branch 216 treasurer; Eloise
Soto, AO assistant coordinator; Joaquin Rodriguez, vice
president; Dee Perez, NAPS New York Area vice presi-
dent; Edili Acosta, AO coordinator; Jimmy Warden,
NAPS secretary/treasurer; Ivonne Warden; Brian Wag-
ner, NAPS immediate past president; Carol Wagner, Lau-
rie D. Butts, National Auxiliary president; Ivan D. Butts,
NAPS president; Josian Pineiro, Branch 216 president; Branch 216 President Josian Pineiro and Executive Board members presented a
Rafael Correa, sergeant-at-arms; Kendrick Comulada, plaque to Past President Antonio Cabrera in honor of his outstanding service.
Stations and Branches coordinator; and Antonio Ca From left: Vice President Joaquin Rodriguez, AO Coordinator Edili Acosta,
brera, secretary. Pineiro, Cabrera and Treasurer Antonio Cortes.
Mary Burkhard Branch 244 hosted
an end-of-year celebration, wel-
coming members from the Cali-
fornia State Board and Sacramen-
to Branch 77. From left: Victor
Garcia, Branch 77; Branch 244
members Steve Prevulsky, Delmy
Alarcon, Michelle Ladosky-Ortiz
and Sherri Torres; Stephnia Camp-
bell, California State secretary;
Marilyn Jones, California State
president; Clarissa Bognot, Branch
244; Marcus Ceaser, California
State area vice president; and
Branch 244 members Maria Palo-
mar and Rafael Ignacio Carrillo.
NAPS Northeast Region President
Tommy Roma, New York Area Vice Pres-
ident Dee Perez and Bronx Postmaster
Adella Livingston joined Bronx Branch
459 President John Vincenzi and his
members at a holiday meeting in City
Island.
16 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisort’s time to power up and help support the Supervisors’ Political
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Feb. 1 and runs through March 6.
After spending SPAC funds in support of our allies in the 2022
midterm election, it’s time to replenish our coffers. SPAC funds help pro-
mote NAPS’ legislative priorities. It’s important to sow the seeds for SPAC
engagement in the 2024 general election.
The heated political environment, potential postal legislation and
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exciting opportunity for all NAPS members to participate—not just those
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Winners will be announced in late March.Views
from the Vice Presidents
EAS—Extra Auxiliary Support—
Performing Craft Work
Dan Mooney Heck, even in the Postal Service’s re- hours are not properly accounted for
North Central Area Vice President sponse/explanation, the agency stip- in various programs such as DOIS,
ulated that if it’s scheduled, it’s not the variance programs, budgets, SPLY
A
s the famous broadcaster Paul an emergency. Fast forward to today and more. This results in highly
Harvey said, “And now you and many postal executives at the skewed, inaccurate DOIS reports, var-
know the rest of the story.” For area and district levels are flat out ig- iance reports, budgets and SPLY data.
months and months and months noring the policy by forcing and Postal management says it wants
now, EAS employees have mandating EAS employ- proper data inputs in order to get a
been asked and mandated ees to perform craft work, true picture of what’s going on and
to perform craft work, be it saying they are following take corrective action when it’s not
sorting parcels or casing the PMG’s 10-year “Deliv- being done. Yet management contin-
and delivering rural and ering for America” plan. ues to turn its back when asked how
city routes or both. NAPS Let’s break down how those EAS workhours used to perform
made an official inquiry to these executives are fol- craft work should be transferred and
USPS Headquarters at the lowing the PMG’s plan. handled.
November 2021 consulta- When EAS employees case Moreover, management contin-
tive meeting, asking what postal poli- and deliver routes, the NALC and Na- ues to mandate those type of work-
cy was as concerns EAS employees tional Rural Letter Carriers’ Associa- hours be performed with no direc-
performing craft work. The response tion (NRLCA) follow up and file griev- tion given on how to report those
from USPS Headquarters: ances for EAS employees doing craft hours. It seems as if accurate infor-
“Nonbargaining employees may work. I spoke to a NALC national mation isn’t a priority after all. I
only be permitted to perform bar- business agent who told me the guess that, too, is part of the PMG’s
gaining unit work in emergency situa- union has filed many, many cases and “Delivering for America” plan.
tions (the exception is for Level-18 won every case, receiving thousands I’ve also been told by postal exec-
post offices and part-time post offices on thousands of dollars in grievance utives that they don’t want “congres-
where 15 hours of bargaining-unit settlements, to say the least. sionals” from mail not getting deliv-
work can be performed). Those emer- That payout of grievance dollars ered, so they instruct EAS employees
gency situations must be just that— goes against your TOE and the na- to deliver the mail. I guess they prefer
an emergency. The circumstance or tional controllable income. But re- “congressionals” for postal execu-
circumstances must be unforeseen. member, this is part of the PMG’s tives following the PMG’s plan,
“If a facility, installation or dis- “Delivering for America” plan. which violates postal policy and re-
trict is planning to schedule a non- We are continually told to report sults in “free money” to the NALC
bargaining employee to perform bar- accurately. If you don’t report accu- and NRLCA, which cuts into TOE
gaining-unit work and because rately, you could be disciplined, pos- and controllable income for the Post-
planning is not an unforeseen cir- sibly downgraded or removed. Yet, al Service. Does that make sense to
cumstance and not an emergency, it when I continue to ask postal execu- you? Again, all part of the PMG’s
should be reported to District Labor Re- tives what direction EAS employees “Delivering for America” plan.
lations or Human Resources immediate- have been given to report and trans- Recently, Simon Story, Postal
ly and escalated.” fer those hours they performed craft Headquarters HR, released an EAS
Let’s define “emergency. ” Ac- work, the answers have consistently dress-code policy. I don’t recall the
cording to the dictionary, an emer- been no direction has been given or policy mandating EAS employees
gency is “an unexpected situation sent to the field. should come to work dressed to per-
that calls for immediate action.” So most, if not all, those work- form craft work. Yet the expectation
18 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisorout there is don’t dress to the estab- EAS employees have to do their Also, make sure you are reporting
lished EAS dress code; dress to per- part in this. Address attendance is- these violations to your district Labor
form craft work. Again, this must be sues so you have as much staffing as Relations and HR managers. This is
part of the “Delivering for America” you can. Address poor performance very important! The Postal Service is
plan. so you can maximize your employ- asking—requiring—you to report it
How about safety? How many ees. Maximize the overtime list per per its response in this column. Re-
EAS employees have been trained to the contract. Most importantly, every porting it documents that violations
drive the postal vehicles in which time EAS employees in your office do are occurring.
they are told to go out and deliver? craft work, report it via the survey lo- I find it hard to believe postal ex-
How many have been trained to de- cated on the Retail and Delivery Ap- ecutives can’t understand the mean-
liver mail? How many are sent out plications & Reports (RADAR) page. ing of an emergency as outlined at
to deliver mail without the proper NAPS worked hard to get that sur- the beginning of this column. They
clothing or PPE? Again, all part of the vey in place; the Postal Service said must be reading a different version of
plan. EAS employees crossing crafts was the “Delivering for America” plan
I’m going to have to reread the not happening much. This is your than I read.
“Delivering for America” plan. I don’t chance to prove differently. If you are Stay on the high road! The view is
recall it covering all the items I’ve being told not to report using the much better.
outlined. survey, let your NAPS leaders know. dan_9999@msn.com
Trust the Data—But What About the People
Behind the Data?
Dee Perez the pace and tempo and shoulder all that. Every responsible leader, be it a
New York Area Vice President the responsibility because they set the district manager, MPOO, postmaster,
tone from the beginning; one exam- manager or supervisor, likes to know
E
very EAS employee across this ple would be by calling everyone the results of their efforts on a daily
country has experienced the “FAM” as in family. In my opinion, by and weekly basis. I don’t think any-
madness of all the data given to addressing everyone as a family mem- one has any qualms about this.
us by USPS leadership from each area. ber, the message is clear: This allows This same triangulation report
I’ve been emailed and them to call you out in identifies offices that have routes that
called by many different front of your peers be- do not go out for delivery. We now are
members about the horror cause in a real family there finding out (hard to believe these
stories concerning a lack often are vocal disagree- concerns only sprang up in peak sea-
of dignity and respect and ments among members. son) about non-deliveries and parcels
hypocrisy shown by these As a result, the ques- backed up by the thousands in cer-
area leaders to district tions are asked quickly tain areas—to no fault of the EAS em-
leaders. This makes a scary with little time to respond ployees in these offices.
Halloween movie seem fully. The interrogator ap- Where’s the HR hiring presence in
tame in comparison. pears to want to trip you up, then all this? Moreover, these interrogators
A question came up in a conversa- continues to ask additional questions pick on areas where the DUT was late
tion I had with a USPS leader recently that show your peers watching that when the office’s historical data indi-
who was concerned about piercing you seem unaware of your operations. cates this is not the norm. I guess no-
and disrespectful Zoom conversations This embarrasses, intimidates and, in body is allowed to have a bad day or
taking place by analysts who are on a a perverse way, motivates you until week according to the standards of
much lower pay scale than those they the next meeting. these interrogators.
address. I responded that the Zoom I mentioned hypocrisy in the first More importantly, the stunning
host shoulders the blame regarding paragraph. The triangulation report part of this hypocrisy is how non-
any lack of dignity and respect. informs each area of every office’s deliveries of routes and parcels affect
It’s their “people” who conduct performance; nothing wrong with PFP and NPA. We now know all offic-
The Postal Supervisor / February 2023 19es can be identified through the tri- and reporting delayed mail. Perhaps show up on the scanners. However,
angulation reports found in RADAR. the continuing education should in- this scan is only for extraordinary cir-
Or is there a blind eye being turned clude PFP and NPA integrity by USPS cumstances such as blizzard condi-
by the area leaders who can identify leaders who benefit from these offices tions and parcels backed up for days
these offices, but don’t, because of not delivering routes and are instruct- and weeks when an office doesn’t
their own personal gain with PFP and ed to use a scan 76 option. This allows have employees to deliver them.
NPA? I imagine the “Functional Ef- parcels not to be scanned as a failure I need everyone to sign a post-
fectiveness” aspect of the scorecard when, in fact, they all are failures if master, manager and supervisor.
must be affected in a positive way fi- routes do not go out for delivery. Come on, people! Challenge yourself
nancially if routes are not being de- In fairness, this scan must receive this year and see if you can sign five
livered, no? approval from the area vice president nonmembers for the health of NAPS!
Whose integrity really should be and USPS Headquarters so it can be With dignity and respect, always.
questioned? We are constantly used at the unit level because, with- nyavpdee@aol.com
schooled about integrity in scanning out their approval, scan 76 will not
The Superhighway
Robert “Bobby” Bock stitute, an average of 28% of a work- If you do not follow the rules out-
Southeast Area Vice President day is spent on emails. It has been lined in this instruction, you actually
found that most people check their can have your access suspended—
W
hen I first started in the Post- email accounts 11 times a day. Not then the trouble begins. Your manag-
al Service, most communica- many of us work a normal eight-hour er gets notified and the Postal Service
tion was done by pen and day, but think about 28% of your day can take corrective action. Worse
paper. When you wanted to commu- probably spent looking at a phone or than that, you get sent to HERO for
nicate, it was handwritten computer screen. retraining.
on the old-fashioned buck How many times do Here are a few tips to remember
slip (0-13). I recently re- you get emails that don’t while on the Postal Service network.
viewed my eOPF online even pertain to you? Re- Most importantly, remember that
and noticed there were cently, I got an email that everything you do on the network is
some buck slips from me went to every single sub- monitored and saved. You have no
in my file. It made me scriber in the Postal Ser- privacy whatsoever—even if you de-
think how things have vice; every addressee was lete something.
changed. listed on the email. It Never share your password. If you
When I began my EAS career, took me several minutes to scroll are sending a message out to a large
communication to staff in processing down to find out what the message group of recipients, send email via
facilities was through an order book. was even about. “bccs.”
That was where all official notices Then there are some of us who Also, don’t click on hyperlinks
and instructions were printed; we constantly use the “reply all” key to from someone you don’t know. If in
would read and initial each page. respond to an email. Does everyone doubt, send a message to cyber safe.
Then came cc-mail or cc-mobile, need to know what you said? Or Be alert for when the information
our first email system in the Postal should your response have gone only system sends you a test email; don’t
Service. When I applied for access, to the sender? click on the link.
there was a debate whether they There are rules regarding this Always remember: While on the
would let me on the platform. Access type of activity. Management In- Postal Service network, big brother
was granted; little did I know what struction AS-870-2019-1 advises post- always is watching!
was to come! In later years the Postal al employees not to use the “reply Until next time, be safe.
Service moved to Microsoft Outlook. all” function as it can clog the system bocknapsseavp@aol.com
You might think using email with unnecessary messages. If you
makes you more productive, but, ac- need to notify large numbers of ad-
cording to the McKinsey Global In- dressees, use the “bcc” function.
20 February 2023 / The Postal Supervisor2023 Goals for SPAC and Membership
Marilyn Walton to join. I recently talked to some and benefits and representation, if
Western Region Vice President nonmembers who were asking for needed.
representation or general informa- One benefit NAPS offers members
I
want to thank NAPS Western Re- tion about NAPS. is free representation
gion members who contributed No one ever invited through the Disciplinary
to the Supervisors’ Political Ac- them to join. They only Defense Fund (DDF). I
tion Committee (SPAC) in 2022. I became aware of the or- often compare the DDF to
want to give special recognition to ganization when they having car insurance: You
California State members whose needed representation. We make sure you have it, but
2022 contributions totaled over need to let nonmembers hope you never need it!
$43,000. know we are here to sup- Sign a new member
Last year was the 100th anniver- port them with informa- and welcome that EAS
sary of California State Branch 905. tion, training, networking, legisla- co-worker to our NAPS family!
As a tribute to that historic event, we tion, fellowship, consultation on pay marilynwalton@comcast.net
asked members to contribute $100 to
SPAC. There was an outstanding
fundraiser at the state convention.
Branches, Auxiliary members and in-
dividuals donated many in-kind gifts
and bid on them in return. There
were games, challenges and raffles.
The state convention raised over
We All Can Help
$13,000. A special thanks to our state
and local legislative representatives Build Membership
who encouraged SPAC fundraisers
and stepped up to the challenge at
meetings and events.
There were many opportunities
throughout 2022 to make contribu-
tions to SPAC, including LTS and the
virtual SPAC raffles. There also were
branch challenges and individual
contributions at NAPS events and December High-Five Club Members
through online donations. With ris-
ing inflation and its impact on every- Edili Acosta, Branch 216
day living, it’s not always easy to give Rafael Brathwaite, Branch 45
that extra contribution. Deborah Johnson, Branch 88
SPAC funds help us gain access to Matara Johnson, Branch 46
legislators who support positive post- David Joseph, Branch 183
al legislation. Last year, we met and Jonathan Kofsky, Branch 569 and 933
exceeded our goals. My challenge to
Derek Lothridge, Branch 96
all NAPS members is to make 2023
Sandra Noble, Branch 322
another banner year for SPAC.
Sherry Patterson, Branch 463
We continue to focus on mem-
bership. We all need to reach out and Katherine Simmons, Branch 205
personally invite newly promoted Eduardo Villanueva, Branch 562
EAS employees, as well as those who Kelly Worthman, Branch 296
have been in the EAS ranks for years,
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