![]() Postal workers feel strongly otherwise, according to the union officials. (MORE: Timeline: This year’s political fight over the Postal Service) "Nothing has changed," he said, echoing concerns from postal union leaders in major cities in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Colorado. ![]() Nick Casselli, the president of the Philadelphia postal union, said overtime pay has not come back fully, post offices are still operating with slashed hours, and trucks are still being instructed not to stay and wait for all of the mail to be loaded on in an effort to keep to a stricter schedule, instead of staying later. As a result, and with the clock ticking on election day, many of them said the mail continues to pile up in sorting facilities. ![]() Postal union leaders in five battleground states told ABC News that they have seen few concrete steps to reverse or halt a set of cost-cutting measures that have slowed mail service, despite assurances last week from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that he would “suspend” those initiatives until after the general election.ĭeJoy’s announcement led to confusion among some in the Postal Service ranks as to whether he meant there would not be cutbacks in addition to the ones already in place, which include reductions in overtime and limiting mail carrier trips, or if it meant a return to prior operational standards before the cuts altogether.įor now, the union officials said DeJoy's initiatives remain in place - despite a deluge of legal and legislative efforts to reverse them. ![]()
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