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Talking about the Trump administration about the conversion of the US Post service into a set of concerns about the future of the Federal Post Agency.
The new USPS leader is now trying to remove air.
“I don’t think the postal service should be privatized Video message For USPS employees. “I believe in the current structure of postal service as an independent and independent entity of the executive authority.”
Steiner officially seized the country’s postal service TuesdayAbout four months after Luis Digoy stepped down as the post office manager.
Steiner, former CEO of waste management, had previously served on the FEDEX Board of Directors. NPR was asked how Steiner – who has at least the shares of Fedex as of September 2024, was asked to Submit the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee – Do you deal with shares that can make financial conflicts in interests, says David Walton’s spokesman for “they have been resolved, sold and/or disposed of as required under the law.”
However, Steiner’s background in a higher freight competitor in USPS has sparked privatization concerns among employee unions, which organized a series of marches throughout the country to protest the calls of Trump officials to reform the country’s postal service.
At least, at least, the efforts of the new post office manager in a video on Thursday to address what he called “rumors” have eased these concerns of some union leaders.
“We are pleased that the director of the General Post Office Steiner has expressed in particular, and now, his support for his support for the strong public post service,” says Brian Reanverro, head of the National Association of messages, which represent transport companies in cities, in a statement.
“The words are what we want to hear. Acts will talk to themselves,” says Don Maston, President of the National Rural Transport Association, says.
Maston adds that he hopes to see USPS continues to try to develop her shipping work under Steiner. “If we see any indications that things are converted to UPS or go back to working with FEDEX in a way that may not be anything we want to see, at all, we will have to face a problem.”
Steiner’s video message to the Burid workers has nurtured her head to the controversial reorganization plan that was presented for a period of 10 years and presented by Digoy in 2021. Steiner said that the changes in recent years have brought USPS “closer to logistics practices in the private sector” and improving their competitiveness in terms of prices and product strategies. However, Steiner indicated that he believed that USPS “can improve” and plan “to assess and define modifications” Usps “on the best post service, our employees and customers.”
President Trump expressed his support for selling USPS services to a private company, a type of movement that is He said The “worst idea” was not heard. In 2018, he issued his first administration suggestion For “privatization by offering a preliminary general (iPO) or selling to another entity.” Often, Trump referred to the turbulent financial affairs of the postal agency, which was installed by declines in the postal and legal requirements of health benefits before extension of retired postal workers.
However, the privatization is likely to lead to high shipping prices for the public and low mail service to rural areas, and industry analysts have warned. in 2018 Report,, The US postal system in the United States, which was collected by the first Trump administration, concluded that “the comprehensive delivery network of USPS covering each address in the country is a crucial part of the nation’s infrastructure that cannot be repeated by private actors.”
There is also an opposition from the two parties to privatize USPS in Congress.
This week, a fourteenth Republic signed in the House of Representatives – Representative Dan Newhaus from Washington – Ali resolution Congress must make sure that postal service remains an independent federal agency and not privatized. The decision, which was submitted by Democrat Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts and is currently stuck in the House of Representatives Control Committee, now has 218 sponsors. A The Senate version of the decision He also has a group of two parties, but smaller, of supporters.
The postal service does not generally receive any tax dollars to keep it operating, and instead rely on stamps and other service fees.
To help stabilize its financial resources, USPS raised the price of “Forever” first -class on Sunday by 7 % to 78 cents, from Other increases. While it is one of The lowest world prices To send a mail letter locally, it also represents The seventh increase By USPs in the past four years.
Editor’s note: USPS is a financial supporter of NPR.
Edit Benjamin Sawasi