{"id":16884,"date":"2018-12-04T21:57:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/04\/postal-task-force-recommends-changing-employee-pay-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:45:57","slug":"postal-task-force-recommends-changing-employee-pay-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/12\/04\/postal-task-force-recommends-changing-employee-pay-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal task force recommends changing employee pay, retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A task force led by the Department of the Treasury secretary and directors of the Office of Personnel Management and Office of Management and Budget has suggested that U.S. Postal Service restructure pay and retiree benefits to make the agency more cost-effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The task force, mandated by an April 2018 executive order, <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/136\/USPS_A_Sustainable_Path_Forward_report_12-04-2018.pdf\" target=_blank>issued a report<\/a> on increasing USPS financial sustainability Dec. 4, which advocated for both pricing and management changes to U.S. mail operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe USPS is on an unsustainable financial path which poses significant financial risk to American taxpayers,\u201d said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin in a news release. \u201cPresident Trump tasked us with conducting a thorough evaluation of the USPS, and today\u2019s report contains achievable recommendations that fulfill the president\u2019s goal of placing the USPS on a path to sustainability, while protecting taxpayers from undue financial burdens and providing them with necessary mail services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/03\/27\/senate-bill-would-force-postal-service-retirees-onto-medicare\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USPS.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senate bill would force Postal Service retirees onto Medicare<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Postal Service Reform Act would require annuitants to enroll in Medicare alongside their standard health plans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slumps in first-class mail coupled with an increase in package shipments driven by e-commerce have upset the USPS funding model, according to the task force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/06\/21\/whats-inside-trumps-major-government-overhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\">government reorganization plan<\/a>, the Trump administration proposed preparing the postal service for privatization, a move which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2018\/09\/21\/27-senators-sign-off-on-keeping-usps-in-government-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">heavily opposed by both Democrats and Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report recommended bringing USPS employee pay more in line with the broader labor market, placing scrutiny on the bargaining power of employee unions in wage and benefit negotiations and recommending that employee compensation bargaining power be eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCareer postal employees are represented by nine unions and two management associations,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHowever, unlike other federal workers, the [Postal Reorganization Act] authorizes collective bargaining on compensation, some benefits and conditions of employment, and postal unions are therefore able to negotiate compensation, benefits and working conditions. Given their federal employee status and the role that the USPS plays in the economy, USPS employees maintain a unique collective bargaining position. They can bargain for wages and benefits as private sector unions do, without the same level of risk that their company will go out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/10\/08\/us-mail-is-not-for-sale-say-federal-unions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USPS-Protest.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018US mail is not for sale,\u2019 say federal unions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Members of a variety of federal employee unions rallied outside congressional offices across the country and in Washington, D.C., to protest potential privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also called out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/budget\/2017\/08\/10\/postal-service-more-red-ink-missed-payments-as-mail-slumps\/\" target=_blank>retiree health benefits system<\/a>, suggesting that the agency re-calculate its required payments to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund based on the population of employees at or near retirement age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the report recommends that USPS keep with its current mandate to prefund the system, which both members of Congress and federal employee unions have called misguided and pointed to as one of the core reasons for USPS\u2019s current financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government Accountability Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/10\/02\/usps-retiree-health-fund-is-in-jeopardy\/\" target=_blank>predicts that the fund will run out of money by 2030<\/a> due to USPS inability to make payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The task force also recommended reforming the entire federal government pension system, in which USPS employees participate, by increasing employee contributions and converting to a defined contribution system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USPS has a generally positive track record for funding employee pensions when compared with the rest of the government, but the task force recommended reforming the entire system to meet more with private sector trends for ending the accrual of funds in pension accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond employee benefit changes, the report also recommends removing cost caps on mail and package delivery, more concretely defining what constitutes part of the USPS Universal Service Obligation \u2014 which ensures a minimum level of service to all Americans, no matter their geographic location \u2014 strengthening the USPS Board of Governors, relying more on private sector involvement and pursuing cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But postal unions contest much of the task force\u2019s basis for its recommendations in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis poorly conceived report makes many of its recommendations based on myth and misinformation that instead of improving mail services, would deliver higher prices and less service for the public,\u201d said Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis report calls for slashing universal service. 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