Through rain, sleet and DOGE? Leaders of postal workers, letter carriers unions to address proposed USPS changes at Headliners’ Newsmaker March 25
American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein, National Association of Letter Carriers President Brian Renfroe and National Association of Rural Letter Carriers President Donald Maston will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, March 20, at 10 a.m.
This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and Club members. Registration is essential.
President Trump has suggested transferring the United States Postal Service (USPS) to the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Trump advisor and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE Elon Musk earlier this month said the postal service should be privatized. The postal service, which is mentioned in the Constitution, has operated as an independent agency primarily funded through the sale of stamps and services since 1970. Either move would require an act of Congress.
While the USPS has been exempt from DOGE-directed cuts that have hit other parts of the federal government, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently signed an agreement for DOGE to provide assistance to the postal service. DeJoy also has launched his own 10-year plan to improve the USPS’ operations called “Delivering for America.”
Postal unions have reached voluntary early retirement agreements with DeJoy that would reduce the postal service’s workforce. Speakers at Tuesday’s Newsmaker will address what’s happening now and what proposed changes would mean for the price of stamps and packages, the frequency of mail delivery and other issues vital to providing postal service to 169 million addresses six and sometimes seven times a week.
USPS this year celebrates its 250th anniversary.
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