DeJoy’s USPS Plan: Slower Mail And Higher Prices

The Washington Post reports:

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is preparing to put all first-class mail onto a single delivery track, according to two people briefed on his strategic plan for the U.S. Postal Service, a move that would mean slower and more costly delivery for both consumers and commercial mailers.

DeJoy, with the backing of the agency’s bipartisan but Trump-appointed governing board, has discussed plans to eliminate a tier of first-class mail — letters, bills and other envelope-sized correspondence sent to a local address — designated for delivery in two days.

Instead, all first-class mail would be lumped into the same three- to five-day window, the current benchmark for nonlocal mail.

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? SCOOP: DeJoy’s new plan for USPS: Slower mail and higher prices, sources say

A key provision of the DeJoy’s strategy includes banning air travel for first-class mail, extending delivery times to a minimum 3 days.

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