Proposed USPS ‘reform’ is actually a failure of democratic governance

Posted on January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 by 21cpw

By Editorial Board – January 26, 2016 THE SENATE could not have chosen a more appropriate title for last week’s committee hearing on the nation’s troubled postal system: “Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service.” Witness after expert witness explained just how desperate that reality is. In the age of email and text…

An incoming Senate committee chairman’s views are sure to rile the federal workforce

Posted on November 10, 2014November 10, 2014 by 21cpw

(November 9, 2014) Ask Sen. Ron Johnson about federal employee priorities and the first thing he talks about is his concern that the government’s deficit spending will reach $127 trillion over 30 years. That’s the prism filtering the view of this first-term senator from Oshkosh, Wis., a tea party Republican and former plastics businessman. His…