'The post office is now the key to making sure tens of millions of people can get to the ballot box.'
The president of the country's largest postal workers union warned Friday that cost cuts could exacerbate mail delays at a time when states are preparing for increased use of absentee and"There are states that didn't allow voting by mail before that are now going to have to set it up because of this pandemic moment," Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, told USA TODAY.
"One aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees is that – temporarily –we may see mail left behind on the workroom floor or docks... which is not typical," the memo, which the APWU shared with USA Today, reads.Marti Johnson, a spokesperson for the Postal Service, said in an emailed statement that the system is a"financially unsustainable position" and that its leadership is"vigorously focusing" on efficiency.
Dimonstein said the postmaster general had"instituted policies over the last week or two that have reduced the amount of hours of work the employees are performing, reduced the hours of many retail operations, and changed transportation schedules so that if a truck is not full, it doesn't go."
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