Jonathan Smith said that he is opposed to the ongoing postal modernization plan called Delivering for America, but believes the Postal Service should expand the services that it provides to the public.
Jonathan Smith took the helm of the American Postal Workers Union in November after prevailing in the 200,000-member organization’s election the previous month.
Formerly president of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU’s largest local, since 2012, and a member of the union since 1988, Smith assumes leadership at a time when the Postal Service both celebrates its 250th anniversary and faces a contentious debate over its future and how it will modernize.
In this interview with Government Executive, Smith discusses his personal connection to postal work, how he plans to fight any effort to privatize the Postal Service and his views on Delivering for America, the 10-year overhaul plan started by former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and being continued by current PG David Steiner.
This guy is apparently looking in from the outside big time. Renfroe has a direct line to his buddy Douggie the deputy PMG, and this dude hasn’t even spoken with Steiner? I’ll let him in on something; the LPC’S, S and DC’S, and RPDC’S are designed to run with as few clerks as possible, mailhandlers too. The clerk position is the most endangered position in the USPS. They should be cutting management, but they’re not going to cut themselves, that’s for sure.