(U.S. Senate) – Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors announced Megan Brennan will replace Patrick Donahoe as Postmaster General in February 2015:
“I look forward to meeting Ms. Brennan and hearing her views on how to keep the Postal Service solvent while ensuring strong delivery standards in all parts of the country. Folks in Montana assure me that privatization would put an end to the Postal Service and devastate mail delivery in rural America. Working together, I know we can find ways to set the Postal Service on sound financial footing without gutting delivery services.”
In February this year, Tester voted against a postal reform bill because it hurt rural mail delivery and moved the USPS closer to privatization. Additional cuts to service standards in the new year will virtually eliminate overnight delivery in numerous parts of the country. Therefore, Senator Tester is currently working with his Senate colleagues to find a workable solution to reform the USPS.
- USPS Board of Governors Selects Megan Brennan as 74th Postmaster General and CEO November 14, 2014
- Postal Workers Cheer Postmaster General’s Resignation, Call for Moratorium on Closings November 15, 2014
- Senator Sanders: New PMG pursued damaging proposals to cut services and eliminate jobs November 14, 2014
- PMG Donahoe to retire in February 2015; USPS COO Megan Brennan named successor November 14, 2014
- Issa Statement on Retirement of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe November 14, 2014
- NALC statement on PMG retirement; USPS 2014 financial report November 14, 2014
- Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Patrick Donahoe Stepping Down as Postmaster General November 14, 2014
- Postmaster General Donahoe to Retire February 2015 November 14, 2014
Every…..that’s EVERY country that has privatized their Postal Service has increased in price and decreased in service. Look at Canada. They use to be penny to penny the same rate as the US Postal Service until they privatized. Now to mail a ONE ounce letter in Canada it costs $1.00 The USPS does TWO ounces for .49 cents. That’s twice the weight for half the price. Also in Canada, if you live in a rural area, you have to drive into the city to get your mail. Even if you live two hours away. Save the USPS. Don’t privatize. It would kill my business along with many other smaller business that depend on the Cheaper USPS. Privatizing the USPS would let the new privatized carrier go on strike. Did you forget about the UPS Strike. Wonder why New York Garbage men make so much. It’s the power of striking.