"The Postal Service's finances have been a problem for many years. Postal workers May Chen, left, and Wilson Yu wear masks and gloves during the coronavirus pandemic as they sort mail at the United States Postal Service processing and distribution center on April 30 in Oakland, Calif. “They are gone.” In fact, U.S. Steel remains a leading steel producer, with more than 27,000 employees as of earlier this year.The COVID-19 pandemic has put the Postal Service in a double crisis, said Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents more than 200,000 postal workers and retirees.As many as 12,000 postal workers have fallen ill, with at least 64 fatalities, and the economic contraction has caused a dramatic drop in letter and other flat mail volumes. "Keeping politics out of the Postal Service and maintaining its independence is central to its success. While USPS said the vote to approve DeJoy was unanimous, a spokesman declined to say exactly when the board voted and it is therefore unclear if it was before or after Williams’ resignation.Williams was appointed to the position by Trump, as were all four of the remaining governors. The United States Postal Service is getting a new postmaster general. WASHINGTON — Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general. If postal distribution centers are running late, “they will keep the mail for the next day,″ Postal Service leaders say in a document obtained by The Associated Press. ""But they don't want to raise, because they don't want to insult Amazon and they don't want to insult other companies, perhaps, that they like," Trump said. Yes, I want to receive occasional updates from partners Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. DeJoy said in a statement that he looks forward "to working with the supporters of the Postal Service in Congress and the Administration to ensure the Postal Service remains an integral part of the United States government. But Paul Steidler, a senior fellow with the conservative Lexington Institute, said that the appointment means "the reset button has been pushed on potential additional congressional assistance to the U.S. While the plan “is not yet finalized, it will certainly include new and creative ways for us to fulfill our mission, and we will focus immediately on efficiency and items that we can control,″ said spokesperson Dave Partenheimer.The memo cites U.S. Steel as an example that the Postal Service is far from “untouchable.″ In 1975, the steel giant was ”the largest company in the world,” the memo states. Critics of the changes say they don’t see how minimizing mail delivery efforts will lead to an increase in revenue. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. New Postmaster General Met With Tepid Response From Mailers, Employees The announcement also comes just days after one of the governors, David Williams, resigned from his post. “President Trump rewards a partisan donor by installing him at the U.S. “I’d be concerned.”Haynes, 53, shares a home with her sister, her son and a family friend. Postal Service,” Connolly said. We've received your submission.WASHINGTON — Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general. Williams stepped down in large part due to the Treasury Department and its Secretary Steve Mnuchin influencing the board’s decision making, according to a congressional aide familiar with Williams’ thinking, especially as it related to its access to a $10 billion loan recently approved by Congress. Eric Katz Postmaster General Louis DeJoy ... New postmaster general overhauls ... USPS lost $2.2 billion in the second quarter of the year and could in total shed about $20 billion overall in 2019 and 2020. This crony doesn’t cut it.”Trump has feuded with the Postal Service throughout his presidency and in recent weeks has blamed the agency’s financial woes on the rates it charges its largest customers. “In a less polarized environment, DeJoy might be portrayed as a well-qualified executive who could help turn around the Postal Service,” Kearney said. Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said his union looked forward to working in good faith with DeJoy, while noting it had written to the postal board this week not to allow Treasury to inappropriately meddle in its operations.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! "Trump said earlier during the ceremony that the USPS had to raise the price of a package "approximately four times. Banish those ads for good with a subscription to the site, or if you'd like to make a larger donation, we'd welcome it gladly! In DeJoy's North Carolina-based firm repaired Postal Service equipment including mail bags and hampers.

To do so, he should take action as soon as possible to set these ideas into motion. … "The new leadership comes on the heels of the Postal Service warning lawmakers in a video briefing in April that the agency would Reforming the agency's finances and leadership came up during an Oval Office bill signing ceremony late last month, with Trump repeatedly attacking the US Postal Service as "a joke" and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said during the ceremony that "certain criteria for our postal reform program" would be part of the over $10 billion loan to the USPS included in the CARES ACT coronavirus stimulus package, adding that "the board is recruiting a new post master general. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos also owns DeJoy wasn't always a fan of the president, or at least not his TV show.