The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) is a staff association representing people in managerial roles in the United States Postal Service.
History
The association was founded on September 8, 1908, at a conference in Louisville, Kentucky, as the National Association of Supervisory Post Office Employees. It became NAPS in the early 1920s, and by 1925, it had 5,500 members.
In January 1946, the association was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and by 1953, its membership had grown to 16,500. However, it resigned from the AFL in 1955, prior to that federation's merger into the AFL-CIO.
As of 2022, the association is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and claims 27,000 members.
Presidents
- 1908: L. E. Palmer
- 1910: George A. Gassman
- 1911: Ernest Green
- 1916: William Sansom
- 1917: J. J. Fields
- 1921: V. C. Burke
- 1922: H. M. Tittle
- 1924: Peter Wigge
- 1925: Harry Folger
- 1930: W. Bruce Luna
- 1931: M. F. O'Donnell
- 1932: Herschel Ressler
- 1937: M. F. Fitzpatrick
- 1941: John J. Lane
- 1946: John McMahon
- 1950: Michael Nave
- 1958: Fred J. O'Dwyer
- 1970: Donald N. Ledbetter
- 1986: Rubin Handelman
- 1992: Vincent Palladino
- 2006: Ted Keating
- 2010: Louis M. Atkins
- 2016: Brian J. Wagner
- 2021: Ivan D. Butts
References
- Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850–1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
- Directory of Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- Directory of Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1953. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States (PDF). Washington: United States Department of Labor. 1955. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- "History & Misson". NAPS. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Historical Sketch" (PDF). NAPS. Retrieved 15 October 2022.