US Mail, Vote Mail For Elections Could Be Delayed As New Postal Head Pushes Cost-Cutting: Wash. Post

[appalachiablue]

*Washington Post: "Mail Could Be Delayed As New Postal Head Pushes Cost- Cutting," By Matthew Daly, AP, July 15, '20.

WASHINGTON — Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general. The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a “different mindset” to ensure the Postal Service’s survival during the coronavirus pandemic.

Late trips will no longer be authorized. If postal distribution centers are running late, “they will keep the mail for the next day,’’ Postal Service leaders say in a document obtained by The Associated Press. “One aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees is that — temporarily — we may see mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks,’’ another document says.
The changes come a month after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major donor to President Donald Trump, took over the sprawling mail service. In a memo titled “PMG Expectations and Plan,’’ the agency said the changes are aimed at “making the USPS fundamentally solvent which we are not at this time.’’

The memo cites deep revenue losses from a decade long decline in mail deliveries that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and says an overdue “operational pivot” is needed to ensure the agency’s health and stability. Postal Service officials, bracing for steep losses from the nationwide shutdown caused by the virus, have warned they will run out of money by the end of September without help from Congress. The service reported a $4.5 billion loss for the quarter ending in March, before the full effects of the shutdown sank in.

Single-piece, first-class mail volume fell 15 to 20% week to week in April and May, agency leaders told Congress. Losses will increase by more than $22 billion over the next 18 months, they said...

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[Iliyah]

1. By shithole's design . ..

Although he will be hurting his cult . ..

[appalachiablue]

2. All planned, not only will this impact Vote By Mail but also

many people rely on the Postal Service for checks, bills, and more. Unsurprising, foul move..

[Grokenstein]

3. Service is already tanking.

Ordered some stuff from a shop in the UK. Oh no, right? But it came with tracking, and the results were eye-opening: four days from London to Chicago; ten days from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area. And during those ten days, USPS tracking was "unavailable."

[appalachiablue]

4. Exactly as planned, kill the union, hamper the service

by making it pre-fund millions for retirement plans for potential employees not even born yet, achieved back in W's admin. Now this move to influence elections. Private cos. can take over and rake in the bucks. Our democracy is at stake now more than ever.

[Hoyt]

5. Don't think it will impact voting, especially if people don't wait until last minute.