The other legacy of the PAEA: postage rates
By NALC President Fredric Rolando – December 2015 There has been no more damaging legacy of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) than the onerous and inflexible legislative mandate to pre-fund future retiree health benefits decades in advance. That $49-billion and-counting mandate has caused the vast majority (86 percent) of the Postal Service’s…