{"id":9658,"date":"2015-01-07T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T15:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=9658"},"modified":"2015-01-07T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T15:39:20","slug":"pmg-blames-union-mailers-in-farewell-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/01\/07\/pmg-blames-union-mailers-in-farewell-address\/","title":{"rendered":"PMG Blames Union, Mailers in Farewell Address"},"content":{"rendered":"
APWU – January 7, 2015<\/div>\n
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In a \u201cfarewell address\u201d at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, outgoing Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe blamed postal unions and mailers for Congress\u2019 refusal to enact his legislative proposals. But union leaders accused Donahoe of launching an all-out assault on the Postal Service and of hiding the truth about widespread mail delays caused by his policies. \u201cHe\u2019s not telling the truth on delivery \"1aa-APWU-small\"<\/a>standards,\u201d American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein\u00a0said in an interview with the\u00a0<\/span>Washington Post.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cInstead of cutting back hours of service, they should expand hours of service,\u201d Dimondstein said. APWU President Mark Dimondstein told\u00a0<\/span>USA Today<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Donahoe was “the worst Postmaster General the Postal Service has ever seen,\u201d and NALC President Fredric Rolando told the\u00a0<\/span>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>that Donahoe \u201cis mired in blaming everyone but himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York Times: Postal Chief Says Congress and Unions Block Progress
\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/07\/us\/politics\/postal-chief-says-congress-and-unions-block-efforts-to-restore-financial-health.html?_r=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Washington Post: Postmaster General Takes Parting Shot at Unions, Mailers
\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/federal-eye\/wp\/2015\/01\/06\/postmaster-general-takes-parting-shot-at-unions-mailers\/?tid=hpModule_14fd66a0-9199-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239&hpid=z13<\/a><\/p>\n

Washington Post: Postmaster General Hits Unions on His Way Out
\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/federal_government\/postmaster-general-hits-unions-on-his-way-out\/2015\/01\/06\/238991aa-95cd-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

USPS: Postmaster General Addresses National Press Club \u2013 Farewell Address Offers Perspective and Advice for Postal Stakeholders\/Congress
\nhttp:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2015\/pr15_001.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

USA Today: Holidays Deliver for Postal Service, But Losses Mount
\nhttp:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/01\/06\/usps-postal-service-donahoe\/21329089\/<\/a><\/p>\n

UT San Diego: Departing Postmaster General Slams Banking Duties
\nhttp:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2015\/jan\/06\/departing-postmaster-general-slams-banking-duties\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal News Radio: Postmaster General: ‘Myopia’ from Congress, Unions Stifling USPS
\nhttp:\/\/www.federalnewsradio.com\/537\/3774540\/Postmaster-General-Myopia-from-Congress-unions-stifling-USPS<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal Times: Outgoing Postal Service Chief Renews Reform Fight
\nhttp:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/story\/government\/management\/agency\/2015\/01\/06\/postmaster-general-postal-service-call-reform\/21334641\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

APWU – January 7, 2015 In a \u201cfarewell address\u201d at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, outgoing Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe blamed postal unions and mailers for Congress\u2019 refusal to enact his legislative proposals. But union leaders accused Donahoe of launching an all-out assault on the Postal Service and of hiding the truth about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658","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=9658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9660,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658\/revisions\/9660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}