Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service’s governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department. Here is round up of the news.
Trump confirms potential shake-up at Postal Service
President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that a shake-up could be coming to the U.S. Postal Service, citing the fact that it loses billions of dollars a year
Trump calls USPS ‘tremendous loser,’ floats merging it with commerce department
Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera reports on President Donald Trump’s comments about possibly merging the United States Postal Service and the commerce…
Trump Confirms Reports He’s Considering Merging Commerce Department With The USPS
Speaking to reporters yesterday, President Trump confirmed that he’s considering merging the Commerce Department with the USPS.Fuel your success with Forbes.…
The Postal Service’s History Amid Trump’s Threats to Change It
Trump has mused about privatizing the postal service.
Keep US Posted Responds to Trump Plan to Merge USPS into Department of Commerce
Our message to President Trump is to freeze the rates. Americans can’t afford the 11.5% July rate hike the board has been plotting.
Leave the Post Office alone: Trump effort to take over the USPS would be unlawful and disastrous
Should President Trump attempt to take control of the U.S. Postal Service, he would be breaking the law, which wouldn’t bother him. Per reporting in the Washington Post, Trump is considering …
Hands Off Postal Service – LaborPress
The 295,000 active and retired members of the National Association of Letter Carriers have a message to deliver to the White House: Hands off the Postal Service.
STATEMENT: President Trump Must Not Dismantle the Postal Service
Washington, D.C. — Following reports that President Donald Trump plans to fire the bipartisan Postal Board of Governors and absorb the Postal Service into the Department of Commerce, Michael Sozan, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
Privatization of the Postal Service would be a disservice to Americans
The USPS is more than just a mail delivery service; it is a vital public institution enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Its mission is to provide reliable, affordable mail service to every corner of the nation, ensuring that all Americans, regardless of…
Trump’s Post Office plan has a $400 billion conundrum
The Post Office labors under pension restrictions unlike any other company or government agency.
Nightmare of Privatization of USPS May Become a Reality – LaborPress
Trump was making noises about taking control of the public Postal Service long before his present term. Now, word has gone out that, in line with a spate of recent Executive Orders seizing power and control in our country and globally at a whirlwind pace, the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and place the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department. In a statement, Mark Dimondstein, President, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, said, “Any attack on the Postal Service would be part of the billionaire oligarch coup, directed not just at the postal workers our union represents, but the millions of Americans who rely on the critical public service our members provide every single day.”
SOLIDARITY ALERT: NO to Dismantling the U.S. Postal Service
Here is a critical message from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), which represents hundreds of thousands of dedicated letter carriers who deliver our mail six days a week.
