Mary Burkhard has been lobbying Congress on behalf of NAPS members to have Congress change this code to reflect the need for more transparency and democratic elections. The NAPS organization is controlled by Congress through Title 39, US Code, Section 1004. Burkhard supports a resolution that would change the election system to be more democratic, giving every member of NAPS one vote. Mary Burkhard, NAPS Branch 244 President from Santa Clarita, California is running for NAPS National Secretary/Treasurer at the convention taking place at the Towne and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, CA. and there has never been a woman elected President of NAPS. In the past 20 years, no other woman has been elected to serve NAPS in Washington D.C. Grant of San Francisco, has held a leadership position from 1986 -1996.
The undemocratic process has been a barrier to women being represented in the organizations’ leadership.Īccording to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 40 percent of employees in the United States Postal Service are women, but in the 105 year history of NAPS, only one woman, Margarete A. When the largest NAPS branches across the country control blocks of votes, it is reminiscent of machine politics where the outcome of the election is pre-determined. The system that elects the national officers of NAPS (National Association of Postal Supervisors) is based on rules that may have made sense when the organization was founded in 1908, but are outdated and undemocratic for 2014. Mary Burkhard, Female Candidate for National Office fights for “One Member, One Vote” to break up the “Boys Club” in leadership the National Association of Postal Supervisors
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