‘It’s going to delay the mail’: the fight over Louis DeJoy’s USPS plan

Trump's postmaster general appointee is implementing a 10-year austerity plan that will slash jobs and close sorting centers

More than 500,000 workers at the United States Postal Service (USPS) will be handling billions of deliveries through the holidays. For hundreds of them, this may be their last Christmas at their current mail sorting facility and workers are warning the impact on consumers will be severe.

Donald Trump's appointee as postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, is currently implementing a 10-year Delivering for America" austerity plan that will slash jobs and close sorting centers.