Postal Union Hires Top Obama Advisor to Aid USPS Rescue

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) revealed yesterday that it has retained the services of Ron Bloom, Obama’s former top advisor on manufacturing. The letter carriers’ union, which represents 280,000 members, also retained the services of investment bank Lazard Group to bolster its lobbying as Congress, the White House and the USPS itself seek a way to fill a potential $20 billion gap in the annual Postal Service budget expected by 2014.

NALC president Frederic V Rolando said Lazard and Bloom both had “extensive” experience revitalising large and complex businesses.

Rolando promised a “fact-based, non-political, non-ideological” effort to work with USPS