Postal service managers have appointed a new general post office, after spending more than two months looking for a permanent leader.
The new general post office, member of the Fedex board of directors and former CEO of waste management, David Steiner, will face the immediate challenge of helping the agency overcome its long -term financial problems.
The USPS declared a net defeat of $ 3.3 billion on Friday for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 – more than double the defeat it saw for the same period last year. The agency plans to end the exercise with a net loss of $ 6.9 billion.
The agency began this exercise on a positive note, ending the first quarter with a rare net profit of $ 144 million. The USPS generally sees its most positive financial results in the first quarter, which is supported by its high end -of -year holiday season.
The USPS expects Steiner to take office in July, once the stages of ethics and security authorization, the verification stages are completed. The USPS board of directors announced the appointment of Steiner during the last moments of their quarterly meeting held on Friday.
The president of the Council of Governors of the USPS, Amber McREYNOLDS, said that the role of the board of directors in the selection of a new general post office is “one of the most important decisions that this council will take in our mandate”.
The Washington Post reported on the appointment of Steiner and that President Donald Trump approved the finalists for the position.
The president appoints members of the USPS Governors’ Council, who select a post office – but the president has no official role in the name of a post office.
Steiner said on Friday in a press release that “I deeply admire the public service and the commercial mission of this incredible institution, and I firmly believe in maintaining its role as an independent establishment of executive power.”
Steiner, who sits on the board of directors of a largely un syndicated USPS competitor, said the agency has the largest union labor in the United States. About 6,000 Fedex pilots are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, but the vast majority of its employees do not belong to a union.
“I can’t wait to get involved with unions and management associations to make sure that we create a world -class job experience,” said Steiner.
Steiner, just like the former postmaster, Louis Dejoy, has links with a business that does business with USPS. But Fedex is both a USPS client and one of its greatest competitors in the package industry of several billion dollars.
Trump and the Elon Musk government efficiency openly discussed the possibility of privatizing USP. More recently, Trump has planned to merge USPS with the Commerce Department.
A national survey commissioned by American Postal Workers Union revealed that 60% of voters oppose the privatization of the USPS.
Before leaving his duties in March, Dejoy signed an agreement granting a team of access to the agency’s resources.
Meanwhile, a management and budget management position published last month brought several independent agencies under the auspices of executive power, including the postal regulatory committee, which oversees the prices of USPS messaging products and guarantees that the agency provides the same level of service both to rural and urban communities.
“We are ready to work with Mr. Steiner to ensure that the USPS remains independent, competitive and rooted in its mission. But we will closely monitor, especially since Mr. Steiner is currently on the board of directors of Fedex, one of the competitors of the National Rural Letter Association of the National Rural, in a declaration.” The issues – for rural communities, for families of workers and for the future of our Chéri postal service – could not be higher. ”
The USPS is halfway through a 10-year reform plan launched by DEJOY called delivery for America.
The acting post master, Doug Turino, credited Dejoy to have sailed by the USP through “a moment of crisis” at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to lead “one of the most difficult and most necessary transformations” in the history of the agency.
“Our work is far from over. I think it is imperative that the postal service continues on the path of transformation and modernization so that we can effectively compete in the market and respect our universal service obligation in a financially sustainable way, ”said Tulino.
The USPS has increased a year of first class revenues and package from one year to another year, despite a decrease in volume. The agency has repeatedly increased the prices of the two product categories in recent years. USPS seeks to increase the price of a first class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents in July.
USPS delivered approximately 82% of the first -class mail on time this quarter – compared to 84% during the same period last year. On average, the first -class mail arrived within three days.
“We know that we can do better,” said USPS performance director Joshua Conlin. “Improvement of the service is a priority of the organization. We will continue to challenge ourselves daily to analyze the data, identify the deep causes, implement solutions and improve service to our customers. ”
Keep us informed, a non-profit advocacy group of consumers, non-profit organizations, newspapers, publishers of greeting cards, magazines, catalogs and small businesses, said that Steiner would take over as a general post master during a “pivotal moment for postal service”.
“We are optimistic that Steiner’s leadership will strengthen the institution’s mission to provide reliable and affordable email services to each American, every day,” said former representative Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.), Executive Director of Keep US.
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