Highlights:
The Trump Administration Stopped Paying Overtime To Postal Workers. According to the New York Times, “In recent weeks, at the direction of a Trump campaign megadonor who was recently named the postmaster general, the service has stopped paying mail carriers and clerks the overtime necessary to ensure that deliveries can be completed each day. That and other changes have led to reports of letters and packages being delayed by as many as several days.” [New York Times, 7/31/20]
Head Of Pennsylvania Postal Workers Union: Trump’s Attacks On Postal Workers Were An “Egregious Attempt To Sell Off” The USPS. According to WITF, “The head of Pennsylvania’s postal workers union denounced the Trump administration’s move to scale back services and funding as an ‘egregious attempt to sell off’ the USPS. The criticism came as Democratic members of the state’s congressional delegation and Gov. Tom Wolf criticized President Trump’s remarks about withholding funding to prop up the agency. Pennsylvania Postal Workers Union President Mike Stephenson represents post office clerks, maintenance and vehicle workers.” [WITF, 8/14/20]
Trump Called The Postal Service A “Joke” While 44 Workers Had Already Died During The Pandemic. According to the American Postal Workers Union, “President Trump’s shameful comments today that the Postal Service ‘is a joke’ and that USPS ‘should raise package prices four to five times’ current levels is no laughing matter to the American people. His comments are an insult to the forty-four postal workers who have died carrying out their vital public service in the midst of this pandemic. It’s also disheartening to the 600,000 proud postal workers who continue to carry out our essential mission to the country at a time when the public needs reliable and affordable postal services more than ever.” [American Postal Workers Union, 4/24/20]