The plans under consideration, described by four people familiar with Postal Service discussions, include geography-based pricing, lower mail delivery standards and raising prices. Questions about DeJoy’s intentions — both in the run-up to the election and long-term — have raised suspicions among some postal workers, as well as the agency’s powerful unions. Conservatives have long viewed the Postal Service as ripe for privatization, or at least a private-sector style haircut. They don’t know where it’s going,” said Mike Stephenson, president of the Pennsylvania Postal Workers Union. The Postal Service has spent months reeling from changing consumer habits during the pandemic.

Source: Washington Post August 29, 2020 10:52 UTC