Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines

[progressive nobody]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/22/washington-postal-workers-defy-usps-orders-and-reinstall-mail-sorting-machines/#273e4f215f80


Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use.

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I hope a lot more locations follow Washington State lead.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Blue Owl]

2. Sweet Mutiny! Fuck DeJoy, Fuck Trump, Fuck McConnell, Fuck Mnuchin...

...and any other cheating repukes responsible for this latest USPS stunt. Fuck 'em all to hell.

[AZ8theist]

75. How were you able to read what was in my head??

Your sentiment was EXACTLY THE SAME as mine.
(But I thought it first 😉!!!)
Just kidding.
Well said!!

[okaawhatever]

3. Well done WA USPS. Next? NT

[onetexan]

18. All of the locations that can locate where the machines are should replug them and get them running

Cat's out of the bag now. Dejoy cannot prohibit them at this point. He needs to be removed and i believe after the House hearing on Monday he will be forced to resign and face mail & election tampering charges. This is extremely serious and Dems Congressional men & women must take their gloves off & get this stopped ASAP. No more nice guy hearings. We're dealing with thugs & crooks here.

[okaawhatever]

20. Exactly. NT

[LiberalArkie]

31. DeJoy can fire them for disobeying instructions.

[onetexan]

35. The employees need to appeal to their representative, senator & ACLU

and get a class action lawsuit together for unlawful actions by Dejail. I'm sure the thought that they may be fired has crossed their minds if they defied his orders.

[Fiendish Thingy]

49. They're union - can't be terminated w/o due process

If you’ve ever worked in a union shop, Due process can be quite time consuming...

[lunatica]

55. This would make the unions stronger too.

[Towlie]

77. Not so fast! Consider that a union's primary weapon is a strike, which would help DeJoy & Trump.

[LPBBEAR]

59. Screw Dejoy

If he tries to retaliate the entire postal service should walk off the job and shut it all down until he pulls his head out of Trumps ass.

[Lucky Luciano]

70. No they shouldn't walk off. They should keep up with

...the anti-striking! By getting the sorters back online, they would be doing their jobs 100x more productively! They should go on anti-strike in absolute defiance of these thugs just like the Washington based employees did!

“Stop putting those sorters back online!”

“Make me.”

Imagine they brought in cops to arrest postal employees trying to fix the sorters and go their jobs more efficiently. Drag them away trying to do their job in public. That would be fun!

[yellowdogintexas]

76. the USPS retirees need to be picketing too nt

[OMGWTF]

40. 'zactly! I cannot wait for Katie Porter to have her way with this POS on Monday.

[Captain Zero]

65. Start a petition to the Postal Unions to follow Congressional Vote and Reinstall Sorting Machines !

We could. An online petition to all the postal unions and locals to follow the vote in the House of Representative and reinstall the automated sorting machines.

[Lars39]

4. Resistance!

[Karadeniz]

5. They tried, in Dallas I think, but critical parts were not to be found. Pelosi pointed out that

Those tactics present possible OSHA problems.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. DeJoy is not dictator

Over the post office.

He's a trump lacky breaking the law!

Yaaahhh go USPS!!!

Fuck DeJoy!

[Faux pas]

7. Kicketty Kickin'

[Iliyah]

8. YAY . . .

[LisaL]

9. Isn't that clear and convincing evidence that those machines are needed?

Despite what DeJoy claimed?

[Beartracks]

11. How would removing high-speed sorters have purportedly improved mail service?

DeJoy is bullshitting for his boy Trump.

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[reACTIONary]

33. Here is an explanation...

... of the rational from the Washington Post, along with some pros and cons.

Basically, the volume of mail that can be sorted by machine is going down, while the volume that can't (packages and flats) is going up. The machines seem to be under utilized, while the space they occupy is needed for processing packages.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/20/postal-service-mail-sorters-removals/

[Thomas Hurt]

37. I might have bought into that argument a year ago....

but a few months before the elections that we all know are going to be mail in ballot heavy, the Pig installs a lackey and starts tearing stuff out.....complete and utter bullshit.

At best they were removed to avoid them being brought on line in a crunch.

[OMGWTF]

56. THIS! THIS! THIS!

Traitor Tot knows he's going down and when he does, he's no longer immune to his many, many crimes.

[niyad]

45. And let us not forget Christmas.

[OMGWTF]

57. Won't somebody please think of the children!?!

[droidamus2]

58. Not buying it

Why the rush to get the machines out and then destroying them as soon as possible especially with the high probability of a universal vote by mail presidential election. If they were no longer needed they could have been pulled but left near their sorting center in case they were needed for the election. Its just like with removing the mail boxes in certain places. Why the big hurry even if they are being underutilized it doesn't hurt anything to leave them in place until after the election. Here's hoping that more centers ignore DeJoy and reinstall the machines. Somebody should be contacting the manufacturer to see if any missing parts can be acquired.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. NONE of this was an accident.................

it was all well planned by BunkerBoy and Mnuchin LONG AGO:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mnuchin-paved-way-for-usps-shake-up/ar-BB18gftl?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[onetexan]

19. Agree, House needs to subpoena Mnuchin as well.

[Thekaspervote]

12. Kudos to Washington postal workers, and all postal workers

[Larissa]

13. We the people!

[Pepsidog]

14. Thank you!!

[The empressof all]

15. Even in very Red Wenatchee...

God, I love my state.

[demigoddess]

16. they stood up for democracy!!!!!!

thank you guys.

PS our mail lady often waves at our handicapped daughter when she goes by. We appreciate that and her.

[gademocrat7]

17. K&R!

[DFW]

21. A new edition of "Profiles in Courage"

It has just had its first chapter written.

[catbyte]

22. That may be difficult to do in some areas. The sorting machines in Grand Rapids, MI were

practically vandalized--cords cut, machinery ripped apart. It was a goddamned disaster.

[progressive nobody]

24. OMG

[NCjack]

29. Maybe they can provide parts for incomplete machines.

[BlueJac]

23. K&R

[KewlKat]

25. Most excellent. So happy to live in WA. Our voting is all done by mail. I'm sure they felt they

needed them.

[pwb]

26. Postal employees take an oath.

And it is to no man.

[bluestarone]

27. Soo HAPPY!

Thank God they did this!! I would hope EVERYONE that can will do the same!!!

[soldierant]

28. I was sure that somebody would.

Now let's hope, pray, and encourage LOTS of copycats.

[SWBTATTReg]

30. These thugs are basically trying to steal our votes. Everyone of them who aided and abetted in

these crimes should be charged w/ voter fraud. In short, this is what it is.

[Cha]

32. Whoa.. I hope they don't get Fired! Good on them!

[warmfeet]

34. Disobey all illegal orders.

Fuck these authoritarians. They think we are withering snowflakes, let's show them otherwise.

They will whine and complain, proving that they are the snowflakes. They do not handle adversity well. I know from personal experience.

Counter their wishes at every turn and they will implode.

[NCjack]

36. Trump always double downs -- all hell will probably break loose Sunday. His goons

may attack the Post Offices.

[louis-t]

39. Hmm, militia types will bring guns

and take over post offices, without masks of course.

[NCjack]

41. That would be too far for McConnell.

[yuiyoshida]

38. yay!! IT JUST MIGHT BE THE POSTAL WORKERS who save this Nation ..

I have tweeted this ..awesome news. RISE UP , REVOLT!! AND BE IN GOOD TROUBLE

[AmyStrange]

42. YAY!!!

[McKim]

43. A Wonderful Example of Direct Action!

They simply acted and directly intervened in this scheme to destroy the election process!!!! This what we call Direct Action!

[liberalla]

46. DEFY * * * I love that word!

and I love reading this news! BRAVO ! To the WA state USPS !

[Buckeye_Democrat]

47. Thank you, Washington postal workers!

[marieo1]

48. Common Sense

Glad, I'm glad someone in the good ole USA has some common sense. Thank you Washington USPS.....

[ellie]

50. Good.

[oldsoftie]

51. Is there anything legal-wise that can be done about this shit??

[Kamala4TheWin]

52. Good for them

[ancianita]

53. Go, Washington! Great governor and Americans that don't have to take no shit!

[Ferrets are Cool]

54. I love this action SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[usaf-vet]

60. GREAT! SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON HAS BALLS. It ain't a GOP member in the Senate, WH & DOJ.

[h2ebits]

61. Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!

Viva the revolution!!

[theaocp]

62. Um, fuck yea!

I didn't realize this was an option, but again, fuck yea!

[GOPBasher]

63. This is excellent news, but we need this to happen in the rest of the country as well.

We need this to make sure the USPS is equipped to handle this election in the other 49 states and DC as well. We'll win this election up and down the ballots, but only if we ensure a fair one (or as close as we can come to a fair one).

[Wawannabe]

64. Wawawawa!

Washington! That's what I'm talking about!!

[BlueJac]

66. k&R

Patriots

[augyboston]

67. Excellent!

That is excellent!

tRump and his corrupt cronies are depending on the populace going along and these scumbags really have very little power if "We The People" stand up and say NO, you're not going to do that!

A hundred sheep are only controlled by the collie because they allow it.

DON'T BE SHEEP PEOPLE!

[bucolic_frolic]

68. Management has power until they don't

Then they face disruption or shutting down. Lots of things depend on workers doing their jobs and getting results. Management is often unaware of details. If they make workers' lives difficult, they can find an understaffed, uncooperative workforce.

Organizational psychology. It's not all symbiosis.

[Mike 03]

69. Beautiful!

Simply OUT STANDING!

[Amaryllis]

71. Would be very bad optics if Dejoy tries to fight back on this.

[Tommymac]

72. Nice Work! Solidarity!!

[StarryNite]

73. They are American heroes defending our democracy.

[titanicdave]

74. ......Another Reason to....

.....be proud to be a union retiree and a Washington State resident......the is even better ...(apologies to the late John Lewis)...than good trouble.......this is ....EXCELLENT...TROUBLE !!!!

[A Morpheus Felinae]

78. I have never been more proud

to be a resident of Washington State. This gives me hope. Now, step up California. I want to see my home state do the same thing. Between the West Coast and other proud, BLUE STATES we can beat these MF'ers at their own game.