Substantial wage losses from a controversial evaluation system have left workers frustrated. But there’s concern that the proposed cure is worse than the disease.
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Senators Want Delay in Rural Letter Carrier Pay Program
The Democratic members are trying to stop implementation of a system that could cut worker pay by thousands of dollars.
Posted inWorking in America
Rural Letter Carriers Complain About Dramatically Reduced Pay
After a new evaluation system is implemented, some workers could lose $8,000 per year or more. Threats to quit have been widespread.
Posted inPolitics
President Biden Should Get Rid of Trump Holdovers
When a president attempts a coup, his lackeys ought to be purged from federal service.
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats Finally Control Committee Majorities. What Now?
Here are nine practical and urgent suggestions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed.
Posted inPolitics
2023: A Year for Executive Action
Legislative progress will take a back seat in the next couple of years. The executive branch will have to implement the Biden agenda on its own.
Posted inPolitics
The Continued Survival of Louis DeJoy
Failure to nominate replacements for the Postal Service Board of Governors could give the postmaster general another year of job security.
Posted inPolitics
DeJoy’s Continued Job Security Depends on Biden’s Next Move
Two more members of the Postal Service Board of Governors finish their terms in December. Biden could replace them with members willing to fire the postmaster general.
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Going Postal
Today on TAP: Progressives win some small victories. What will it take for them to add up to big victories?
