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23. Postal union officials doubt Louis DeJoy will reverse changes that led to mail slowdown
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 03:05 PM
Aug 2020

Matthew Chapman, Salon, yesterday:

Faced with nationwide outrage and lawsuits from nearly two dozen states, President Donald Trump's new postmaster general Louis DeJoy announced on Tuesday that he would be suspending several controversial new policy changes at the Postal Service that critics suspect are a deliberate effort to slow down the mail ahead of elections that will rely heavily on mail-in ballots.

But according to CNN, postal union leaders do not take DeJoy at his word that everything is fixed.

"Miriam Bell, general president of a local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union in North Carolina, said seven sorting machines at a Charlotte postal facility have been either separated out, dismantled or entirely removed in recent weeks," reported Curt Devine and Paul Murphy. "Asked if she expects them to return, Bell said, 'We truthfully do not know,' adding, 'it is highly unlikely they will be put back in place.'"

Furthermore, continued the report, "Roscoe Woods, president of APWU Local 480-481, said a dozen machines at a distribution center in Pontiac, Michigan, had been removed from service in recent weeks, and despite DeJoy's announcement, he said he has heard from postal management that the machines are not supposed to be put back to work."


https://www.salon.com/2020/08/19/postal-union-officials-doubt-louis-dejoy-will-reverse-changes-that-led-to-mail-slowdown-report_partner/

And I doubt it even more, as I stated in my own thread in GD.
Likely both, imo SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
and And AND the USPS has a boat load of money in it's coffers. The law that said it had to be mitch96 Aug 2020 #6
This!👆 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #9
Both, but the urgent, rushed destruction is motivated by election fraud. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #10
Absolutely! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #11
Primarily privatization. Vote suppression is just a side benefit. SharonAnn Aug 2020 #20
Of course! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #22
Yes, privatization is the important objective. Got to get at that money! SharonAnn Aug 2020 #24
And there it is...Pitney fucking Bowes ms liberty Aug 2020 #2
remember trump's core business as a real estate speculator rampartc Aug 2020 #3
Both Freddie Aug 2020 #4
Winner: suppress votes, then privatize for profit, raid ample appalachiablue Aug 2020 #8
This!👆 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #12
The ugly truth sorry to say; so painful to watch this. appalachiablue Aug 2020 #16
Yes, it is! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #17
And this model doesn't worry about competition, just hires a few lobbyists and SharonAnn Aug 2020 #21
"If mail-in voting is allowed there will never be a Republican elected in this country again" donkeypoofed Aug 2020 #5
I hope that's a promise; and we preserve the US Postal Service. appalachiablue Aug 2020 #13
Both. The fascists have been going after the USPS for decades. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #7
Yes, good paying jobs esp. for blacks and minorities appalachiablue Aug 2020 #14
Trump could have tried to "fix" PO at anytime during the last three years... Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #15
+1 Drs. Evil & Co. *Sociopath Feast* appalachiablue Aug 2020 #18
It's a twofer. malthaussen Aug 2020 #19
Postal union officials doubt Louis DeJoy will reverse changes that led to mail slowdown The Daily Irishman Aug 2020 #23
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