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- Fair Labor Standards Act applying to Postmasters and Managers of the USPS.
- Establishing guidelines that must be followed before a post office may be closed.
- Establishing and defining Work Service Credits.
- Designing guidelines for the Supervisor Matrix.
- Congress adding Consultation Rights for Postmasters to the Postal Reorganization Act.
- Pay adjustments for Postmaster Relief employees.
- Program permitting lateral transfers for Postmasters.
- Increasing local purchasing authority for Postmasters.
- Offering such services to its members as: Quest Travel Program, Vision Care Program, Supplemental Retirement Program, access to a postal credit union, credit card program, prescription drug by mail program, Delta Dental program, and others.
- Establishing a Management By Participation/Leadership Sharing Process.
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California Postmasters have testified on more than 120 occasions before the Congress of the United States on every topic affecting Postmasters, Managers, and the Postal Service from health care to revenue foregone to post office closings to the borrowing authority of the Postal Service.
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Welcome
CALIFORNIA UNITED POSTMASTERS & MANAGERS OF AMERICA
United Postmasters and Managers of America (UPMA) exists to assist, mentor and guide all Postmasters, Managers and Supervisors—as well as anyone aspiring to these positions—toward achieving their professional goals. We are an avenue through which all United States Postal Service employees can help one another and themselves in matters concerning their careers. We provide the essential training and networking necessary for every member to be successful.
As an organization, we always strive to improve the conditions under which our members work and the compensation they receive. Our organization’s leadership consults regularly with Postal Service management on policies affecting the welfare, happiness and morale of our members.
Our leaders at the state and national levels are current USPS employees. We believe this is fundamental for staying in touch with the priorities and concerns of our members. After all, who is better equipped to represent you than your fellow Managers, living and working in the same conditions you do every day?
Our Mission Statement
Provide a vehicle through which Postmasters and other members may assist one another in matters connected with their career employment in the United States Postal Service; Advance the proficiency of personnel in providing postal service promptly, reliably, and efficiently to individuals and businesses in all areas of the nation; Consult with the management of the United States Postal Service on policies that concern the welfare, happiness, and morale of Postmasters; Improve the conditions under which individual members work, having concern for salaries, hours of employment, working environment, adjustment of grievances, and labor disputes; Cooperate with other groups and levels of postal management in the achievement of common goals; Encourage contact among members in social, operational, and professional relationships.
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Benefits of joining UPMA as a Postmaster, Manager or Supervisor
• UPMA is the only management organization that can represent you at Postal Headquarters on specific Postmaster issues, including the planning and development of pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs.
• All national UPMA leaders and state presidents are current USPS employees.
• National officers serve one term only in their current positions.
• As an active member, you have the privilege to vote and hold leadership positions at all levels of the organization.
• A national website—unitedpma.org—that offers the latest information regarding the organization, legislative issues, interactive training and videos and Postal Service information that affects your career.
• A national magazine and state publications that contain information important to you in your current position and will help you in your future endeavors.
• Annual national and chapter conventions that offer training to help you be successful.
• After you have been a dues-paying member for six months, you have the benefit of our Legal Defense Plan and network of Adverse Action Member reps, should the need arise.
• You gain a network of Postmasters and Managers who can assist you in your day-to-day duties and mentor you for future opportunities.
Benefits of joining UPMA as an Associate
• UPMA wants to help you meet your goals and is the premier management organization that allows you to become a member before being promoted to an EAS position.
• A network of active postal employees who will help prepare you to take advantage of opportunities for upward mobility.
• All national UPMA leaders and state presidents are current USPS employees.
• A national website—unitedpma.org—that offers the latest information regarding the organization, legislative issues, interactive training and videos and Postal Service information that affects your career.
• A national magazine and state publications that contain information important to you and in your future endeavors.
• Annual national and chapter conventions that offer training to help you be successful.
For further assistance, call the UPMA National Office at 703-683-9027 and we will be happy to answer any of your questions.
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