Virginia’s legislators react to USPS ‘early retirement’

Richmond, va. (Wwbt) -Postmaster General Louis Dejoy plans to offer employees an incentive, to take off the USPOSPOSTBURGET early and billions of dollars, according to a letter that was sent to members of the congress on Thursday.

According to the letter, the service plans to offer employees a voluntary early retirement that they can accept within the next 30 days. According to a post spokes, USPS projects will use around 10,000 employees from the incentive.

This happens when the postal service in Virginia continues to experience delays in the delivery of emails, and local postal sales centers have to deal with punctual deliveries. In February, an audit in Richmond Processing and Distribution Center in Sandston showed that personnel and leadership instability have some delivery problems.

12 On her side, the local legislature contacted, who was looking for these cuts after her reactions, which gave the following statements.

“The postal service needs serious overhaul. Postal delays throughout Virginia left many without prescription medication or delayed fees for invoices that arrived too late. We absolutely have to make the USPS more efficient and more effective if we deliver all Virginians on time. However, I have serious concerns that a reduction in the USPS workforce could further worsen this Mail delays. This would be unfair to the components to serve the USPS. I plan to clarify these concerns with the postal service and to emphasize how this proposal could affect our community. “ Congressman Rob Wittman (R-01).

“After the cross -party pressure of the Congress delegation in Virginia, to fix the delays in the past 2 years, we have finally made progress to improve the service. The customers who rely on the postal service earn better. “ – –Congressmen McClellan (D-04).

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