COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Halfway through February and the mail is still moving slow for millions of Americans, and in the coming months, it could move even slower.
A group of protestors hold a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 16, 2020. – (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP) (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)
Only 38 percent of the mail was delivered on time by the end of 2020, something the United States Postal Service (USPS) admitted in court.
A new plan proposed by Postmaster General Louis Dejoy aims to eliminate two-day delivery and raise the prices for First Class Postage.
The proposal comes after the USPS reported losses of more than $59 billion in 2020, even as revenue for the USPS rose.
In a statement to NBC News, Dejoy said, in part, “This work is not only needed, it is long overdue,” but declined to go into specifics.
This could make things worse for millions of working-class families and seniors who were already hit hard by the mail delay in 2020.
source: NBC Columbus, OH
I did not join the Postal Service to deliver parcels and junk mail all day. In my 25 years USPS has become like watching a loved family member slowly dying. Why don’t they come up with something that adds to time served so that us old timers can get out. My PM and supervisors are very good. But there is only so much they can do. From a job I loved, to one I can no longer stand.
The LAST thing management cares about is service; it’s work hours baby and nothing else. If you incentivize people not to show up for work, craft and EAS, then they won’t. This is also part of the problem.