Just before the 2020 US presidential election, we witnessed Trumper Postmaster General DeJoy's trucks loaded with postal collection boxes being taken out of service.
The new DeJoy voter suppression strategy seems to be decommissioning the mail drop boxes but leaving them in place as decoys.
"In a statement, the USPS said employees had placed 'out of service' signs on the mailbox multiple times, but they were removed, and unwitting customers continued to use the box."
Translation:
Hey, we taped a flimsy paper sign to the box, but we can't be held responsible if the wind blew it away, and even though we knew about it we still didn't check the box until weeks after the ballot deadline.
If you get a #text message from USPS.USPSGU (or anything similar), DO NOT click the link! #USPS will not send you text updates unless you sign up for them.
You can report these messages by 1) taking a screenshot and emailing it to spam@uspis.gov, and 2) forwarding the text message to 7726 (which reports it to your carrier).
From yesterday: “We’re at a breaking point,” said Anthony Talarico, a co-worker of mail carrier Eugene Gates who died of hyperthermia deliverying mail this past summer.
Top story: Our research shows working for the U.S. Postal Service was more dangerous than Walmart, despite the retail giant dwarfing them in size, and more dangerous than even similar sized delivery services.
Even after a #Dallas mail carrier’s recent death from extreme heat, #USPS is still forcing carriers to speed up, work overtime hours, and forego breaks.
The feds are offering a $150,000 reward for information leading to arrests of people who target mail carriers. The background is that #BayArea letter carriers have been targeted in violent robberies lately.
Tlaib Asks USPS IG to Probe Impacts of Postmaster General DeJoy's Overhaul
"DeJoy's 10-year plan appears to put the USPS on a fast track towards privatization, job cuts, negatively impacted service operations, and a culture of general dysfunction at one of our country's bedrock institutions."
05OCT23 #Dejoy#USPS#Privatization https://www.commondreams.org/news/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy
#Tlaib Asks #USPS IG to Probe Impacts of Postmaster General DeJoy's Overhaul
"DeJoy's 10-year plan appears to put the USPS on a fast track towards privatization, job cuts, negatively impacted service operations, and a culture of general dysfunction at one of our country's bedrock institutions."
Citing the concerns of postal employees in her district, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Thursday asked the head of the United States Postal Service's accountability unit