Mail Handlers Union Rebuffs TRUMP Administration Proposal to Privatize USPS

The Trump Administration on June 21, 2018 released its so-called Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations – formally entitled the Office of Management and Budget’s Report on Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century.  The plan includes various Trump proposals for reorganizing the federal government.  Buried deep in the Report is the President’s plan to restructure […]

Privatization is Not the Answer to What Ails the Postal Service

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In its Government Reform Plan released today, the Administration made the case for privatizing the Postal Service, and preparing for an eventual change through recommendations coming in August from the President’s Task Force on the Postal System. The business community – mailers and suppliers in the paper, printing and […]

Postmasters: President Trump Proposes Postal Privatization

6/21/2018 Today, President Donald Trump proposed to restructure the United States Postal Service, converting it “from a Government agency into a privately-held corporation.” In a document entitled, Delivering Government Solutions for the 21st Century, (click on title to see report) the Executive Office to the President heralded European postal privatization efforts as an example for […]

NALC’s statement on Trump administration’s proposal to privatize the Postal Service

6/21/2018 NALC President Fredric Rolando criticized the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service, which was released today. “This report takes direct aim at numerous agencies including USPS under the guise of reforming and restructuring for the 21st century,” President Rolando said. “The White House is making very clear […]

APWU: Statement by President Dimondstein on outrageous White House plan to privatize USPS

06/21/2018 – The White House proposal on restructuring the federal government released today, “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century,” delivered nothing but misinformation and, if implemented, would end regular mail and package services at an affordable cost to 157 million addresses every day. Furthermore, the White House plan is an attack on many federal […]

USPS responds to Trump’s privatization plan

Restructuring proposal – USPS responds to Trump administration plan 6/21/2018 The Postal Service has issued a statement regarding a Trump administration proposal to reorganize some federal agencies. The proposal, part of a report the administration released June 21, recommends restructuring and possibly privatizing USPS. “The consistent position of the Postal Service has been that our […]

Trump’s Reform Plan includes privatizing USPS

6/21/2018 Today, President Donald Trump recommends restructuring the Postal Service in his Reform Plan and Reorganization Here are the proposals: Restructure the Postal Service Summary of Proposal: This proposal would restructure the United States Postal System to return it to a sustainable business model or prepare it for future conversion from a Government agency into […]

Senators urge OPM not to cut retirement benefits for federal workforce

Senator Urge OPM Director Not to Balance Budget On Backs of Federal Workforce WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a group of 25 Senators wrote a letter to Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Jeff Pon, urging the Trump Administration not to cut retirement benefits for the nation’s federal workforce. […]

USPS Contracts Confirm Trump’s Attacks Against Amazon Are Inaccurate

Top Dems Correct the Record on President Trump’s Multiple Unsubstantiated Claims Against Amazon Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Donald Trump in response to troubling reports that […]

NALC: Trump’s orders rolling back rights of workers do not apply to postal workers

Update on Trump executive orders attacking federal employees On May 25, President Trump issued three executive orders designed to strip federal employee unions of long-established rights to workplace representation and to undermine their ability to negotiate collective bargaining agreement with their agencies. NALC posted the executive orders and requested a legal analysis from its outside […]