National association of postal supervisors

USPS supervisors fear ‘exodus’ among their ranks, but data shows high retention

A USPS watchdog says the agency saw a 7% vacancy rate for frontline supervisors nationwide in fiscal 2023 — its lowest point in recent years.

Hiring/Retention

USPS rejects calls for regulator to weigh in on now-paused network modernization plans

Agency Oversight

USPS sets higher salary caps for management-level employees in 2024

Pay

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, packages wait to be sorted in a Post Office as U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Michael McDonald, gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run, in Atlanta. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 it is revamping its priority mail program as part of its efforts to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

USPS trying to keep ‘job-hopping’ new hires to stay for longer term

Hiring/Retention

USPS awards 3% pay raise to non-bargaining management employees

Pay

Postal inspectors confer outside of a postal facility in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 26. 2018. FBI spokesman Prentice Danner says a suspicious package seized at this facility near San Francisco and addressed to billionaire political activist Tom Steyer has several similarities to 13 explosive devices that were addressed to prominent Democrats across the country. When asked if authorities believe the package found Friday is related to the others, Danner said the

USPS ‘actively defunding’ its police force amid spike in postal crime, associations warn lawmakers

Workforce

USPS

USPS looks to hire 2,800 front-line supervisors to improve staffing across network

Hiring/Retention

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

USPS falls short on pay requirements for managers, supervisors, federal appeals court finds

Agency Oversight

USPS plans to fill 900 vacant supervisor positions ahead of peak holiday operations

Hiring/Retention

First Look

USPS opts for reduction in force for non-union employees in agency restructuring’s final phase

Workforce

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

DeJoy says USPS to run out of cash in late 2022 without 10-year reform plan

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this file photo from March 10, 2020, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio. The presidential election outlook in the Buckeye State has gotten a little nuttier. Ohio Republicans are trying to rally and present a united front heading into their party's national convention, following a week when one of their best-known politicians spoke for Biden to the Democrats' convention, and their state attorney general challenged President Donald Trump about his mail policy. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Former VP Joe Biden lays out plan for USPS, should he be elected

In today’s Federal Newscast, former Vice President Joe Biden outlines what he’d do as president for the Postal Service.

Federal Newscast

The United States Postal Service headquarters is seen in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Group representing postal managers is suing USPS for higher pay

Brian Wagner, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, explains why the group is suing USPS for higher postal manager pay.

Federal Drive

This Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 photo shows the United States Postal Service Delaware Processing and Distribution center in New Castle, Del., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. A law enforcement official says a package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden appears similar to packages containing bombs sent to prominent Democrats and has been intercepted at a Delaware mail facility. The FBI confirms there is law enforcement activity at the U.S. mail facility. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Postal Service managers suing for higher pay

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the National Association of Postal Supervisors has filed a lawsuit against USPS seeking back pay to match private sector pay.