The U.S. Postal Service picked the former head of Waste Management Inc., who currently serves on the board of Federal Express, as its next postmaster general Friday, months after the Trump administration forced out the service’s former head.
David Steiner led Waste Management, the nation’s largest trash hauler, from 2004 to 2016.
The Postal Service’s unions have questioned whether President Donald Trump influenced the decision, according to the Associated Press. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of privatizing the Postal Service or folding it into the Commerce Department.
The decision to hire Steiner “rests solely” with the Postal Service’s board of governors, whose members are approved by presidents of both parties and approved by the Senate, the Postal Service said in the statement. Steiner will likely start in July and will leave the FedEx board, the statement said.
