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22. Washington State reinstalled sorting machines
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:16 PM
Aug 2020
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines
Daniel Cassady Forbes Staff
BREAKING|56,753 views|Aug 22, 2020,02:29pm EDT
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.

After embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he would pause recent controversial changes to U.S. Postal Service protocol, the service told workers not to reinstall removed equipment.

40 percent of the high-speed mail sorting machines in the Seattle-Tacoma area were disconnected or dismantled since the changes went into effect, according to NPR, with workers in the Tacoma, Washington sorting plant saying eight of their 18 machines that sort and postmark letters were disconnected and pushed into a corner.

Sorting machines in Wenatchee, Washington were also reconnected, against the orders of the Postal Service’s head of maintenance, Kevin Couch.

Only two facilities, Seattle-Tacoma and one in Dallas, seem to be ignoring the Postal Service’s directive to leave decommissioned sorting machines out of use.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/22/washington-postal-workers-defy-usps-orders-and-reinstall-mail-sorting-machines/#48bfa9be5f80
Thanks for sharing this stuff, my dear stillcool... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #1
My late, dear "Aunt Margret" was as NH, and as conservative as they made ;em Mopar151 Aug 2020 #2
a little more.. stillcool Aug 2020 #3
and stillcool Aug 2020 #4
from crooks and liars stillcool Aug 2020 #5
Buffalo NY stillcool Aug 2020 #6
just trying to figure out what a sorting machine looks like stillcool Aug 2020 #16
don't know about this one.. stillcool Aug 2020 #7
this comes from the Washington Post, August 14 stillcool Aug 2020 #8
oh dear... stillcool Aug 2020 #9
Lawsuit stillcool Aug 2020 #10
About This Cost Cutting ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #11
just because stillcool Aug 2020 #12
Louis DeJoy statement stillcool Aug 2020 #13
I see a pattern, and Susan Collins stillcool Aug 2020 #14
Postal officials as witnesses no more stillcool Aug 2020 #15
and the plot keeps on thickening... stillcool Aug 2020 #17
Michigan stillcool Aug 2020 #18
smile stillcool Aug 2020 #19
Reconnecting mail sorting machines is a no-no, as are loose lips stillcool Aug 2020 #20
Mnuchin and the Post Office stillcool Aug 2020 #21
Washington State reinstalled sorting machines stillcool Aug 2020 #22
eau De Joy stillcool Aug 2020 #23
haven't been paying attention, but this caught my eye stillcool Sep 2020 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author stillcool Sep 2020 #25
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