So now dejoy is claiming that the slow downs were an "unintended consequence" due to his policy changes. Bullshit, It was intended.
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Expedited to Street/Afternoon Sortation, is to push mail sorting to the afternoon in order to get letter carriers on their routes earlier in the morning. The city letter carriers are now expected to return to their post offices by 2 p.m., at which point they will sort any new items and mail left behind for delivery the following day. The carriers will sort certain items, such as packages, in the morning prior to beginning their routes. They would also be responsible for taking some of the unsorted mail to be "routed in delivery sequence while on the street(which will force workers to do this in the summer heat, when it's usually done back at the office)."
Dejoy claims this increases operational efficiency. More bullshit.
He fired a bunch of people, reassigned others and centralized the power structure all around him.
He eliminated overtime and hasn't been providing any hazard pay.
The trump campaign has been suing states to block new drop boxes from being placed and to stop democratic counties from having mail in ballots.
Dejoy has been removing drop boxes all over and removing/dismantling sorting machines.
The "ethics" office at the post office allowed dejoy to keep at least $30 million in XPO holdings, the company he was on the board for after they purchased his company, which is a contractor for the post office.
He also purchased stock options in amazon allowing him to purchase shares at below market value after divesting a large amount of amazon shares, right after being appointed to the position.
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DeJoy held between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of stock in Amazon when he joined the Trump administration, DeJoy divested the shares on June 24th but on the same day bought between $50,000 and $100,000 of Amazon stock options, which give him the right to buy shares in Amazon at $1,860 per share. As a result, he still stands to benefit financially if Amazon’s share price increases. (Amazon stock closed that Thursday at $3,161 per share.)
How anyone can look at this and think it's above board is just mind boggling.
This post was edited by Arsenic_Touch on Aug 14 2020 10:47am