Controversial USPS Plan To Slow The Mail Slammed By Postal Regulator

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Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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today in **Seriously, Louis DeJoy is Still Postmaster General** news:

Controversial USPS Plan To Slow The Mail Slammed By Postal Regulator
The plan “relies upon assumptions that may not be well founded,” the commission said—though USPS will likely still implement it anyway.
forbes.com
2:58 PM · Jul 22, 2021

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/07/20/controversial-usps-plan-to-slow-the-mail-slammed-by-postal-regulator/?sh=4e2366e0601d

Key Facts

DeJoy and USPS leadership announced a new strategic plan in March, which proposed such controversial measures as cutting post office hours and extending service standards, which could result in as much as 30% of first-class mail now being delivered within five days instead of three days.

The plan has been opposed by 21 state attorneys general and Democratic lawmakers—who decried its measures as “draconian”—but USPS leadership has insisted the changes are necessary cost-cutting measures to ensure the agency’s long-term financial health.

In an advisory opinion released Tuesday, the independent Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) struck down that argument, saying the plan’s directive to change service standards will not result in “much improvement, if any, to the Postal Service’s current financial condition.”

The PRC said USPS also “has not demonstrated evidence” to show the plan won’t hurt customer satisfaction, and the agency is not sufficiently adapting its plan to address “the concerns or issues raised by its customers and stakeholders.”

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[questionseverything]

1. Our mail is screwed up and slow

Knowing dejoy has done it on purpose and hasn’t been arrested or at the least fired makes me angry 😡

[BigmanPigman]

3. I rely on the USPS and it

has never been as bad as it has over the past year. DeJoy must go ASAP!!!!

[kimbutgar]

4. I get my weekly magazines a week late now. Used to get them on Monday now Friday