I believe that will eventually … as the pandemic subsides, someday … I believe the mail volume will increase and that will have an effect on getting the mail though.”

“Before this, we had eight sorting machines, and they have taken out two of them,” said Gunter. The Peoria-based Gunter said to his knowledge, no blue mailboxes have been taken out of circulation in the Peoria area, and that conversations with the Peoria postmaster lead him to believe there are no immediate plans to do so. Video and news stories of blue mailboxes being carted up and hauled away on trailers as well as sorting machines being removed have gone viral and prompted the public outcry. But it doesn't appear that any businessman would come in and sabotage the very business that he's supposed to be running,” said Gunter. Also, he has other conflicts of interest. I can't say for sure that’s the situation but obviously it looks that way. In 1971, they changed the law and the Postal Service is supposed to be a quasi-government agency that operates without political interference. The Postal Service is not supposed to be political. “Well … obviously he's a big donor to (President) Trump and Trump appointed him. And by implementing these changes, it did delay the mail,” said Gunter, who paused briefly when asked if he feels the changes being implemented by DeJoy are political. You know, we're in the business of giving service the American people that we want to deliver the mail and we want to deliver mail on time. Those changes including the removal of the blue drop-off boxes and sorting machines are on top of overtime elimination and limiting office hours. We do not need to wait three months after the election, you'll have mail delay,' he said. And while we're happy about the changes (reversal), it doesn't need to be done permanently. But one thing we do agree on is that we need a strong public postal service that belongs to the American people. “There aren’t many things that the people in this country can agree on anymore. The pandemic has motivated many states to pursue mail-in balloting options. “That's the only reason he did it,” said Gunter of the effect a mail slowdown could have on the expected increase in mail volume heading into the November election. Illinois American Postal Union Workers President Bob Gunter said the reversal by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy came from that public outcry. The Postal Service encourages customers to use its self-service features to speed up the process and promote social distancing.The Postmaster General Tuesday said the planned changes to postal delivery service that have caused a national outrage won't take effect until next year. 19, and priority mail express is December 23rd. The priority mail deadline is Saturday Dec. The first class, regular mail and Military priority express mail deadline is Friday, Dec. To anyone who still needs to send gifts, Wagoner says, 'Ship now.

'As we get closer, this is somewhere we've not been before. Postal Service Communication Specialist Floyd Wagoner says there’s been holiday season-level demand for the Postal Service since April because people are staying home and shopping online more this year due to the pandemic. to hit $189 billion this holiday season, which translates to two years of sales growth in one, and creates a lot of packages. Researchers at Adobe Analytics say they expect e-commerce sales in the U.S. 'You will see some packages being delivered from a U-Haul.' He says they’ve hired new people, started Sunday deliveries and even temporarily expanded their fleet. 'We are seeing almost double what we saw last year, and last year was a record year.' and delivering until as late as 9 at night. Missoula Postmaster Michael Slater says post office staff in Missoula are working hard to keep up with demand, loading packages as early as 6 a.m. An increase in online shopping due to the pandemic has slammed the United States Postal Service this holiday season, in Montana and across the country.

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