privatization

Jul 28th

Senator Heitkamp Criticizes Trump Administration’s Plan to Privatize USPS

Administration’s Proposal Would Include Privatizing Postal Service, Moving USDA’s Food Stamp Program to HHS, & Relocating Several Federal Departments Last Month, Heitkamp Met with President’s Postal Task Force to Stress the Need for Legislative Solutions to Address Postal Service’s Challenges; In March, Heitkamp Introduced Bipartisan, Comprehensive Legislation to Stabilize the Postal Service WASHINGTON, D.C. – […]

Jul 17th

Bipartisan House resolution introduced on USPS privatization

7/16/2018 Today, a group of 10 bipartisan representatives introduced a House Resolution (H. Res. 993) calling on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the Postal Service remain an independent agency of the federal government and not be subject to privatization. The bipartisan resolution was introduced by Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Stephen […]

Jun 21st

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 […]

Mar 31st

USPS Board of Governors nominee is former Mitt Romney adviser, pushed for privatizing Amtrak

Last week NALC reported that “Another Postal Board of Governors nomination announced.” The White House nominated Jeffrey A. Rosen to become a member of the Postal Service Board of Governors to serve a term expiring on Dec. 8, 2021. Surprisingly, not one  media outlet mentioned Mr. Rosen’s background (after this post is published watch for […]

Oct 5th

Don’t Put Privatizer And Payday Lender Lobbyist On The USPS Board of Governors

With corporate-conservative calls for full or partial privatization of the United States Postal Service (USPS) escalating, groups are sounding the alarm about new nominees to the USPS Board of Governors. The Senate is scheduled soon to consider the nominations of Mickey D. Barnett, James C. Miller III and two other nominees. Miller is a notorious […]

Jul 22nd

USPS: “Claims of privatization are false and misleading”

7/20/15 – USPS released the following statement regarding “Providing convenient customer access to postal products and services” and privatizing the Postal Service: The Postal Service remains committed to providing convenient customer access to postal products and services. Claims of privatization are false and misleading. We have no interest in privatizing the Postal Service. We are […]

Jun 24th

TISA: Another Secret Trade Deal Threatens Public Postal Service, Workers

June 23, 2015  The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance President Obama’s trade agenda, approving a measure to end debate on fast-track authority. The 60-37 motion sets up a vote on final passage on Wednesday. If the Senate approves fast-track or trade promotion authority (TPA), it would then be sent to Obama’s desk to become […]

Jun 12th

APWU: Workers, Environmentalists, Progressives Score Win – House Rejects Bad Trade Deal

06/12/2015 – Workers, environmentalists and other progressives won a major victory on June 12 when a bipartisan coalition of House members torpedoed a trade bill backed by the White House. The labor movement and others mounted a major campaign to defeat “fast tracking” of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has been negotiated in secret […]

Jun 10th

Postal Unions Urge Congress to Reject Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Legislation

From National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) (June 10, 2015) In a joint letter, Presidents of the NPMHU, APWU and NALC express unified opposition to the “fast Track” bill now before the Congress. The letter reads in part, “We have urged you to end the undemocratic practice of voting on Trade Promotion Authority before the […]