President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is working on an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service and indicated that multiple options were under consideration.
We want to have a post office that works well and doesn’t lose massive amounts of money," Trump said. “We’re thinking about doing that. And it’ll be a form of a merger, but it’ll remain the Postal Service,
President Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing moving mail service under the executive branch and dismantling the United States Postal Service board. Trump, who has already made several changes to the
The Trump administration is planning to fire members of the independent government board that oversees the US Postal Service, a move that could serve as a step toward privatizing the service, according to multiple published reports.
The U.S. president is reportedly expected to sign an executive order soon that will fire the U.S. Postal Service's governing board and place the agency under the Commerce Department.
The USPS has struggled financially, prompting discussions on privatization. Critics warn that restructuring could reduce services, force customers to travel for mail, and put jobs at risk. Rural communities may be hit hardest if universal mail delivery is scaled back.
Portland postal workers, union leaders and local politicians are joining others in a nationwide rally Sunday to demand fair wages and protest proposed changes to the
Tens of thousands of members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) soundly rejected a contract in late January, marking the first time since 1978 that members turned down a proposed agreement.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to take over the U.S. Postal Service, an independent agency that has its roots in the U.S. Constitution, and absorb it into the Commerce Department.
Multiple Georgia Democrats in Congress have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that aims to keep the United States Postal Service as an independent establishment.
Officials said that Trump is planning to fire members of USPS' governing board and absorb the agency into the Commerce Department.