NAPS Chat

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts leads a discussion with the other NAPS Resident Officers  (President Brian Wagner and Secretary-Treasurer  Chuck Mulidore) on the organization's advocacy on behalf of EAS Level  postal employees, as the U.S. Postal Service confronts the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion includes legislative activities that impact the USPS.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Bob and Ivan discuss the  congressional coronavirus economic stimulus package (H.R. 748) that  passed the Senate by a 96-0 vote on Wednesday and the  House by voice vote today. NAPS Chat was recorded as the House was  completing debate on the bill.

Due to the enduring coronavirus pandemic, this week's episode has been recorded remotely (i.e., Bob from his home office and Ivan from his). Bob and Ivan discuss newly introduced legislation by Sen. Amy Klobuchar to expand "vote-by-mail". S. 3529, "the National Disaster and Emergency Ballot  Act," can help ensure the security and reliability of this year's elections. In addition, Ivan  provides a review of the 2020 NAPS Legislative Training Seminar in Washington.

During this week's episode, numerous NAPS members who participated the March 8-11 legislative conference, in Washington, share their experiences meeting with members of Congress in advancing the National Association of Postal Supervisors' legislative priorities. (CA Legislative Chair April Trevena is pictured.)

During this week's episode, Bob and his guests discuss the March 4 congressional introduction of H.R. 6085, the Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act and NAPS' new membership initiative. A link is provided to NAPS' official release upon introduction of H.R. 6085 here.  

During this week's episode, Bob and Ivan discuss the aggressive legislative agenda being promoted during the upcoming National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Training Seminar (LTS), which takes place March 8-11, 2020. More than 600 LTS delegates will be going to Capitol Hill to engage their members of Congress during the legislative conference. 

During this week's episode, Bob and his guest, National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees Director of Legislative and Political Affairs John Hatton, discuss President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2021 federal budget, submitted to Congress this past Monday. Their chat focuses on those provisions that directly impact postal and federal employees and  retirees.

During the week's episode Bob discusses House of Representatives passage of HR 2382, the USPS Fairness Act, the NAPS filing before the Postal Regulatory Commission relating to a new rate-setting regime and this week's USPS Board of Governors meeting.

During this week's episode, Bob, Karen and Corina (L-R) discuss the  multiple channels that NAPS uses to communicate with its members. NAPS  embraces three primary means of sharing key  information within and outside its membership; besides person-to-person  communication, hard-copy and digital/social media engagement are essential. This week's guests discuss how to make the most effective use of each.

This week NAPS Chat hosts the three resident officers of NAPS: President Brian Wagner, Executive Vice President Ivan Butts and Secretary Treasurer Chuck Mulidore. The January 24 edition focuses on the recently released U.S. Postal Service's 5-Year Strategic Plan. Special attention is paid to the plan's reference to Pay-for-Performance, increasing employee engagement and legislative recommendations on health and retirement. Link to USPS 5-Year Strategic Plan