Postal Service workers quietly resist DeJoy's changes with eye on election
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Source: WaPo
Mechanics in New York drew out the dismantling and removal of mail-sorting machines until their supervisor gave up on the order. In Michigan, a group of letter carriers did an end run around a supervisors directive to leave election mail behind, starting their routes late to sift through it. In Ohio, postal clerks culled prescriptions and benefit checks from bins of stalled mail to make sure they were delivered, while some carriers ran late items out on their own time. In Pennsylvania, some postal workers looked for any excuse a missed turn, heavy traffic, a rowdy dog to buy enough time to finish their daily rounds.
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With the Postal Service expected to play a historic role in this years election, some of the agencys 630,000 workers say they feel a responsibility to counteract cost-cutting changes from their new boss, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, that they blame for the mail slowdowns. They question whether DeJoy a top Republican fundraiser and booster of President Trump is politicizing the institution in service to a president who has actively tried to sow distrust of mail-in voting, insisting without evidence that it will lead to massive fraud.
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Its disheartening to hear from my boss that he wants me to do something that could very potentially cripple the system. Its disheartening to hear that people think were going to fail. We handle this kind of volume all the time, he said of the election. But if they do these things with delivery times and we get high volume around holiday season and the election, it will fail. No question. It will fail. We should get the ballots out. We really should, but all it would take is one person in a nice shiny suit to say, Leave those ballots, take the other mail. And everyone would say, Yes sir.
Theres a point where I got angry. Im not happy at all that Im being politicized. Im literally trying to do my job, and theyre telling me that I cant.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/29/usps-workers-election-mail/
Thank you USPS workers who are resisting DeJoy's bs rules.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Bills still out there waiting to get rained on
safeinOhio
(32,742 posts)a few bucks to MoveOn and got a sticker for my mail box. says We (heart) our mail carrier-save the Post Office. I'm so glad I got it.
PatSeg
(47,695 posts)Some real American heroes.
Cha
(297,911 posts)are following any De Maggot's rules around here.
Been getting mail quickly & even on Sunday.
TY for this, Punkin'
niyad
(113,731 posts)MontanaMama
(23,365 posts)Hes busts his ass for us and everyone on his route every day. Hes not having ANY of DeJoys antics.
aggiesal
(8,940 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,433 posts)Employees will always find ways to do their jobs, follow their ethics, support their long and short term best interest. Companies think their directives are followed explicitly but rules that make no sense, waste time and effort, are wasteful - people will do what they are going to do.
C Moon
(12,225 posts)I cant wait to see these TrumPutin idiots apologizing before REAL judgesin feeble attempts to get a lighter sentences.
Illage Vidiot
(79 posts)But I'm gonna slap on a mask, clean my hands, and vote like I've always voted.
And yes, I am that annoying guy who keeps checking on the length of the line!
procon
(15,805 posts)Bayard
(22,199 posts)Until morale improves.
I feel really bad for these folks. I don't think they're going to miss this particular boss when he's gone. Glad to hear they are still trying to do their jobs properly.
liberalla
(9,273 posts)And I don't like it being messed with!
wryter2000
(46,122 posts)Our address is a bit hard to find, and when we moved in, Fedex and UPS would return packages because they couldn't find us. The postal service never had any trouble.
These folks are heroes.
liberalla
(9,273 posts)elleng
(131,282 posts)Heading to post office soon, to mail a card for granddaughter's birthday, and may engage with workers there (if the responsive kind.) SMALL office, among #### in MD's smallest county, so may or not be news-worthy, but will see what I can see.
cp
(6,673 posts)and its workers! Heart of our small rural town.
chowder66
(9,094 posts)onetexan
(13,078 posts)& charged with election mail tampering.
Joinfortmill
(14,491 posts)Boomer
(4,170 posts)He's a veteran, too.
And he's for Trump.
Insanity.
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)but i dont think he has a job any more. been suspended 3 times for it.
kept telling ppl he was on vaca. a neighbor gave me a great term for that- he was on a 'russian sabatical'
i had to get a new mailbox because he refused to stop coming on my porch to use my mail slot.
but i had to get my congressman to get my mail restarted.
flying_wahini
(6,683 posts)It helps the USPS.
Midnight Writer
(21,829 posts)Paka
(2,760 posts)I have always loved the Post Office. Everytime I go to a Postal Station in person I thank them for the wonderful work they do. This for sure is over and behyond the call of duty.
Blue Owl
(50,542 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,282 posts)He was a 25 year USPS worker and very proud to be one.
Small town postoffice.
BigmanPigman
(51,648 posts)They have more dignity and self respect than any of team tRump's GOP enablers!
applegrove
(118,870 posts)Alert: feature/analysis
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