When David Steiner became U.S. postmaster general in July 2025, many hoped his first order of business would be abandoning his predecessor’s now largely discredited reorganization plan. Instead, he looks to be doubling down on it.
That was and is a mistake.
The U.S. Postal Service is hemorrhaging money. Congress is again trying to decide what to do about it, but is not finding it easy.
Meaningful reform means taking on the politically powerful postal unions, which grew fat and happy and larger under Louis DeJoy, who oversaw the Postal Service during President Trump’s first term and kept it in place into the second.
No elected official wants to fight the unions so close to an election, but Congress may have to anyway. The problems continue to grow.
The entire article (on the Washington Times web site) is spot-on. What has the 76th PMG done to make things better?
Overall, a decent article that focuses too much on the unions. The head count had dropped, but the dirty little secret is that management numbers have increased significantly. There are. not enough people to deliver the mail in many areas, leading to poor service. The turnover rate for new hires is close to 60%, as they decide that the USPS doesn’t pay enough put up with the weather, abusive management, and surly coworkers. Radicals in labor hire anyone, even those with criminal records, and internal theft is at an all time high. DFA has gone too far to unravel, so solutions must come from within. The only two unions putting up obstacles to reform are management’s as their ranks need to be trimmed significantly. The NALC will also howl, but Saturday delivery needs to end.
Too many mangement positions that are not productive. Supervisor pay starts at over $85,000 a year and goes up for them and Postmasters and other positions that are not productive in moving the mail….wasteful money. Eliminate a lot of these positions will definetly reduce the waste
I will agree. Probably half the PCES positions could be abolished. The 2020 reorg made too many of them. Executive Managers of this and Directors of that…
DEADMAN CREEK ROAD they did in 2017 natural disaster mudslide trapped 50 families 2 months out fire rt. 8 miles week later. kettlefalls postmaster well your mail in in town , 20 miles in for most. packages still are. report of service year letter went to 5 miles and go 1 . 2 forever and now will surcharge fraud , waste and lies . no codes taken tell co. to fix , FEMA did 6 years ago then was we do not have to restore service , no you will not see our files . well this was congress womans hometown , withdrew when I pointed at after years setting at office , waiting on laundry. new rep congress baumgartner same office near looking into this with me . over 3000 postal days theft of service per. now that’s going to brake them when exposed 2026