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Leader seeks better postal pay, benefits, budgets
Charles Mapa is president of the National League of Postmasters
Sheila Vemmer / Federal Times
Barely one month on the job, the new president of the National League of Postmasters is gearing up for consultations with U.S. Postal Service headquarters about pay, benefits and budgeting.
This year for the first time, the league will enter those consultations jointly with the National Association of Postal Supervisors and the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, said the new league president, Charles Mapa. The consultations — not the same as union “negotiations,” since postmasters are part of management — are mandated to begin within 30 days of completion of talks with the largest union, which are set to end no later than November.
“I think it is better that all three enter this together because we all have the same concerns and the same pay considerations,” Mapa said.
At the top of the list for the league will be pay. But another big issue will likely be health care benefits, whose costs postal headquarters has said it hopes to contain this year. The league is hoping to protect what it has.
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