As most of you know by now, over a year ago, at our 2009 National Legislative Forum, Pat Donahoe promised League Postmasters that he would do away with wasteful, redundant logs and reports.

Dear Leaguers,.. As most of you know by now, the LEAGUE has taken the issues of Postmasters to Congress. After years of trying to work through the system, meeting and consulting with Postal Headquarters, we are seeking resolutions through Congress.

As the US Postal Service advances forward into the future as Postmasters, OIC’s and PMR’s we are experiencing more and more change. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 grew out of large corporate financial scandals. As a result of SOX, Section 404 the US Postal Service Act of 2006, we are mandated as an organization to be SOX Compliant by September 30, 2010.

It is that time again as many Postmasters are getting their CORE scores and are not in agreement with the results. Others have discovered that scores were changed by the District Manager and are understandably unhappy.

My name is Richard Sprague and I’m extremely mad at both the Postal Service and my family, the League. Friday I was handing out paychecks to my Clerks and noticed, as I’m sure you did, they received a contractual pay raise.

In the next couple of months the USPS will be opening up vacant positions. On December 29, the first waive will start with supervisor positions. This will be followed by level 20 and above positions being posted.

We are moving swiftly into the busiest time of year. While we, on the one hand, want this time to be very busy so that we have phenomenal revenues for the health of the Postal Service, on the other hand, we hope that we will have enough employees to share in all the work that will need to be done.

Dear League Leaders,
There are plenty of things going on throughout the League and I appreciate each of your involvement in these initiatives.
First, regarding the VOE, for those of you who have seen fit to support us in not doing the VOE, thank you. We can let our voice be heard by not completing the [...]

The guidelines for requesting a mitigating factor are outlined in a letter from Headquarters Manager Mangala Gandhi dated October 31, 2008. In this letter Mr. Gandhi states “a mitigating factor is an occurrence beyond an employee’s control, which causes a measurable impact on the NPA summary and also results in the PFP rating to be lowered by at least one whole point”.

This message is in reference to possibly your pay. I have written before concerning the pay injustice that is occurring in our ranks. The fact is if you are on the fast track promotions train, you are getting hurt when it comes to pay.