Take the Money and Run, Burrus Tells Postal Workers

William Burrus, former president of the agency's largest labor union and long a vocal critic of USPS management, urged fellow APWU members not to hold out for a better offer than the $15,000 incentive announced this week. “If you intend to retire my advice is to ‘take the money and run,’ there is zero possibility that the amount will be increased,” Burrus wrote in his blog.

“My best estimate is that, of the 115,000 APWU represented eligibles, there will be somewhere in the range of 35,000 who will take the money and run.”