Read on Twitter
New U.S.P.S rules force mail carriers, truck drivers to leave without all the day’s mail, delaying deliveries, unions say @andysullivan & I https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-postoffice-idUSKCN258197">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...
In Maine, thousands of letters have been delayed as delivery drivers follow a new directive to leave on time, even if the mail has not been loaded, explains Scott Adams, president of Maine @APWUnational chapter
Another new directive requires mail carriers to head out on their routes immediately in the morning, carrying only packages and letters that were sorted the night before. Then they are doubling back to get mail midday, explains @ApwuIowa president Kimberly Karol...
“It is on the ground costing more in manpower and man-hours than it is saving," Karol said.
The new USPS reorganization plan hopes to eliminate 64 million working hours nationally to reduce personnel costs, according to a memo viewed by Reuters
Union heads are starting to worry that it will undermine confidence in mail-in voting in the #2020Election “You’ve got the customer looking and saying, ‘Is the Postal Service reliable, and now am I going to vote by mail?’” said Maine& #39;s Adams.
