{"id":27549,"date":"2019-11-04T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T19:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27549"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T19:09:53","slug":"brennan-updates-employees-on-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/11\/04\/brennan-updates-employees-on-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Brennan updates employees on business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18581\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PMG-Megan-J.-Brennan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PMG-Megan-J.-Brennan.jpg 371w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PMG-Megan-J.-Brennan-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PMG-Megan-J.-Brennan-119x89.jpg 119w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PMG-Megan-J.-Brennan-100x74.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 11\/04\/19 &#8211; In her latest \u201cBusiness Focus\u201d\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/video\/business-focus-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a><\/em>, Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan updates employees on efforts to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/07\/19\/ready-to-compete-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compete<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in the package industry, including expanding Sunday and next-day delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnline shopping will continue to increase and customer expectations will continue to evolve, and we are offering expanded shipping solutions to meet the changing needs of our business and residential customers,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan also talks about efforts to put USPS on a sustainable path forward through responsible legislative and regulatory reform, including a better pricing system and changes to the Postal Service business model that will allow the organization to grow revenue and cut costs.<\/p>\n<p>She also updates employees on efforts by the Board of Governors and Postal Service leadership to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/06\/20\/planning-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">develop a business plan<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that preserves the organization\u2019s ability to provide prompt, reliable and efficient universal delivery service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are developing will outline the impacts of financial trends in the coming years, as well as the options available to management and policymakers to return us to financial health,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Brennan discusses her recent announcement that she will\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/10\/16\/brennan-to-retire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retire after 33 years<\/a><\/em>\u00a0with USPS in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have my commitment that during the remaining months of my tenure, I will remain focused on those strategies that we can effect to better serve our customers and to make the Postal Service financially stable,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics addressed during the video include efforts to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/10\/25\/on-solid-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prevent employees\u2019 slips, trips and falls<\/a><\/em>\u00a0during the winter months; the recent successful efforts to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/09\/25\/upu-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">negotiate fair rates<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for the international shipping of mail and packages; and recent stamp releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 11\/04\/19 &#8211; In her latest \u201cBusiness Focus\u201d\u00a0video, Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan updates employees on efforts to\u00a0compete\u00a0in the package industry, including expanding Sunday and next-day delivery. \u201cOnline shopping will continue to increase and customer expectations will continue to evolve, and we are offering expanded shipping solutions to meet the changing needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27551,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27549\/revisions\/27551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}