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NALC statement on President’s executive order to evaluate USPS finances

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4/12/2018 Today, President Trump issued an executive order (viewable here) to form a task force charged with evaluating the finances of the U.S. Postal Service including pricing, policies and workforce costs.

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The task force has been instructed to regularly consult with the postmaster general and chair of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and will be comprised of department and agency heads or their designees, including chair of the task force Steven Mnuchin (Secretary of the Treasury), Mick Mulvaney (Director of the Office of Management and Budget), Jeff Pon (Director of the Office of Personnel Management) and any other department and agency head the chair may designate.

In a report due no later than Aug. 10, 2018, the task force will provide a “thorough evaluation of the operations and finance of the USPS, including:

  • the expansion and pricing of the package delivery market and the USPS’s role in competitive markets;
  • the decline in mail volume and its implications for USPS self-financing and the USPS monopoly over letter delivery and mailboxes;
  • the definition of the “universal service obligation” in light of changes in technology, e-commerce, marketing practices, and customer needs;
  • the USPS role in the U.S. economy and in rural areas, communities, and small towns; and
  • the state of the USPS business model, workforce, operations, costs, and pricing.”

Once the evaluation is completed, the task force will develop recommendations on administrative and legislative reforms to USPS. According to the executive order, recommendations will consider the views of the USPS workforce and industry.

“NALC is hopeful that the inclusion of the Postal Service workforce in this evaluation and report will provide NALC the opportunity to provide input throughout the process,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said.

“We know that 90 percent of the Postal Service’s losses are not due to improper pricing, but are the direct result of the 2006 congressional mandate to pre-fund retiree health benefits 75 years in advance – an onerous burden that no other private or public entity in America is required to carry. NALC looks forward to working with the administration and Congress to address this issue and to restore financial stability to the agency while protecting the employees and the universal network that is so critical to Americans and their businesses, large and small.”

 

9 thoughts on “NALC statement on President’s executive order to evaluate USPS finances”

  1. Donald Dump is the Messiah? If that is what you think, just wait till you are treated like his building trades employees after the Dumpsted filed bankruptcy six times. Be denied your pay and see how you like it. Be treated like the students at Trump University. learn about the shaft. I love how he treats women, workers, and everyone, badly. Great on how he made fun of a disabled reporter. Hope you never become sick and old. For it will be your turn! Nice on how he tried to take away citizens health insurance. Time wounds all heels! Many Postal employees hope the leader can succeed in the destruction of the Postal Service.Don’t worry the great leader will find you a great job . For he cares about you, just like you care about others. Be careful of what you wish for. You may get your wish.

  3. If the postal Service is carved up, you can thank the many employees that voted for President Dump. Can’t end the health care prefunding. It’s more than fair that the Postal Service, and only the Postal Service must pay an unnecessary cost that no other employer must be stuck with! So if the Postal Service is destroyed,the Postal employees will see their retirement and health care cut. I know the employees that voted for their dream leader won’t care. they know their place. They accept it. Just like the UMWU They endorsed the President. He in turn won’t enforce the mine safety laws, and wants to change the Black Lung laws. Now the UMWU is upset. Tough, they got what they wanted. What is the problem?

  5. When was the last time this payment was made? That is not the Reason…5 managers for one job is the Reason!!!!

    • Payment still goes on the books as a debit, whether made or not. So faR USPS has put over 40 billion in the pre funding kitty. Th republicans have already spent it to cover their tax cuts for the 1 %.

  6. NALC President Rolando continues to site the pre-funding of healthcare burden of the PAEA law yet instead of going after the problem (repealing the law) he continues to take the easy way out and throws all retirees under the bus with his endorsement of the Medicare mandate and creation of a new Postal only health insurance! If Rolando works with the Administration like he worked with Postal Management during the Postal Reform hearings…we are all in trouble! As far as him protecting the employees……GOOD LUCK!!!

  7. Company Union says nothing about corrupt PO Circus Mismanagement…..a Company Union never does! Rolando will lick IOD Muffin Meaghan Brennen butt before he ever helps a letter carrier. GIVE US A 40K BUY OUT-AMOUNT TRUMP TOLD OPM TO RAISE THE PAYOUT. TRUMP vs POSTAL CIRCUS/COMPANY UNIONS……..GO TRUMP!

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