FOCUS: Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders and Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=55817"><span class="small">Daniel Cassady, Forbes</span></a> |
Monday, 24 August 2020 10:42 |
Cassady writes: "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."
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders and Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines24 August 20
KEY FACTS
Key Background Since being appointed postmaster general in May, Louis DeJoy, a prolific GOP fundraiser and Trump donor, has enacted highly controversial changes to U.S. Postal Service protocol that workers say resulted in massive delays in mail delivery, including cutting overtime for postal workers, the nationwide removal of mail collection boxes and decommissioning or dismantling of hundreds of high speed mail sorting machines across the country. The changes have led to widespread fear that the Postal Service won’t be equipped to handle the millions of mail-in ballots expected during the November election. Democrats on the state and national level have filed lawsuits against DeJoy, the USPS, and President Donald Trump arguing that the changes are an effort to curb mail-in voting during the November election. DeJoy testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Friday and is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. |
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