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HR 594
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Every postal supervisor, manager, and postmaster is impacted by the outcome of pay consultations between NAPS and the USPS. Therefore, the fairness of the process is paramount. Executive Administrative Schedule (EAS)-level postal employees recognize that the unfair process — where the USPS may ignore the views of not only NAPS, the legally recognized representative of virtually all EAS-level postal personnel, but also may reject the findings of an independent and expert Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service fact-finding panel — must be reformed.

In February 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia validated the conclusions reached by an FMCS panel that EAS employees were treated unfairly and in violation of existing law (Section 1004 of Title 39 of the United States Code).

The passage of HR 594, the Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act, would amend Title 39 in two ways: It would accelerate the consultative process to prevent a financially harmful lapse between the periodic results of EAS pay schedule changes, and it would ensure that the recommendations and decisions rendered by an FMCS fact-finding panel would be binding.

Please urge your member of Congress to co-sponsor HR 594. Click here to log in and send your message.

HR 3005
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Postal employee safety and the sanctity of the US mail have been undermined. In fall 2020, the Postal Service initiated a misguided policy change that restricted the authority of its uniformed law enforcement personnel to postal-owned or leased property. This action compromised the safety of postal personnel and the security of the US mail. Prior to the change, postal police officers were empowered to conduct patrols in high postal-crime areas, protect postal property, and investigate postal crime — on postal property and off-site.

Over the past three years, assaults against postal employees delivering mail have increased by 144%, and mail theft has increased by an alarming 161% over a 12-month period (2021-2022). This acceleration in postal-related crime correlates with the USPS’s decision to diminish postal police law enforcement authority. Crime data indicates the postal police presence deters postal crime, including assaults against postal employees.

Please urge your member of Congress to co-sponsor HR 3005, a legislation to clarify and restore the jurisdiction of Postal Police beyond the perimeter of a postal facility, in order to protect postal personnel, USPS assets, and US mail. Click here to log in and send your message.