The PostalNewsBlog has reported that "The resident officers met with Deputy Postmaster General Pat Donahoe on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, along with representatives from NAPUS and the LEAGUE of Postmasters concerning several issues that had been raised in prior meetings with the Postal Service. DPMG Donahoe briefed us on some of the current issues; The USPS projects that the plan for volume for 2010 is 166 billion pieces. The first month of the fiscal year the volume did not meet the projections. Nearly 20,000 employees took advantage of the incentive to leave with the cash award, approximately 17,500 clerks and 2,500 mailhandlers. Most of the clerks worked in Automation and 500 clerks were BMEU employees. 90% of the employees who took the offer were eligible to retire....DPMG Donahoe stated that the focus for the year will be on NDC operations, office consolidations, Article 12 implementation for relocating craft employees." Read more here.
from postcom.org
from postcom.org
