The next PMG will have to leave the board of directors of Fedex, as well as others and divest financial holdings. Image: Radomir Rezny/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Postal Board of Governors has chosen as the next Postmaster General David Steiner, who is president and chief executive officer of Waste Management but whose role as a member of the board of directors of FedEx is drawing equal, if not more, attention from the postal community.
“Steiner is credited with leading tremendous change in the organization, transforming operations and culture, and delivering strong financial results. In this role, he established a new strategic vision for Waste Management that created new business lines in environmental services, a new pricing model widely adopted in the industry, and a more efficient operating approach,” the USPS said.
The selection comes at a time of uncertainty for the USPS as the Delivering for America initiative—the centerpiece of his predecessor, Louis DeJoy, who resigned in March—has not met its financial savings goals and continues to draw criticism for lowering delivery standards. While DeJoy called for continuing that program, the Trump administration has pushed for more privatization of postal operations, and the choice of Steiner is seen as a move in that direction.
The NALC union called the selection “an aggressive step toward handing America’s mail system over to corporate interests. Private shippers have been waiting to get USPS out of parcel delivery for years. Steiner’s selection is an open invitation to do just that.”
The APWU union meanwhile said it is “deeply concerned and troubled” about news reports that the Board of Governors—which by law has sole authority to hire and fire PMGs—limited itself to potential candidates acceptable to the White House.
It continued, “That said, Postmaster Generals come and go. The goals of the APWU remain the same. The APWU will continue to oppose actions by any PMG who takes steps to privatize and undermine the public Postal Service, make sweetheart deals with the big mailers, and engage in more subcontracting.”
Steiner is expected to assume the PMG position in July after vetting by the Postal Inspection Service. He will have to leave the board of FedEx—as well a several others of which he is a member—and divest any financial holdings in it.
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