As part of a 10-year plan for the US Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced there would be some cuts to post office hours, as well as longer times for some first-class mail delivery.
DeJoy says the plan will improve overall mail service and avoid more huge financial losses, but also require cutting some Post Office hours and lead to some longer delivery times. He says the plan might also have to include a new increase in the cost of first-class stamps to help keep USPS from running out of money and needing a government bailout.
He described the plan as a "positive vision" for the future.
Unveiled Tuesday, DeJoy said that "the need for the U.S. Postal Service to transform to meet the needs of our customers is long overdue."
"Our Plan calls for growth and investments, as well as targeted cost reductions and other strategies that will enable us to operate in a precise and efficient manner to meet future challenges, as we put the Postal Service on a path for financial sustainability and service excellence," he said in a press release.
The plan includes investing in a new vehicle fleet and training, according to the USPS. The press release said there will also be Post Office and facility upgrades; deployment of new mobile devices for carriers; new employee uniforms; best-in-class information technologies across the enterprise; and enhanced training and development to empower the workforce.
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"The Postal Service will expand its core package products, namely Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, First-Class Package Service and Parcel Select to offer same day, next day and 2-3 day delivery options six to seven days a week," the press release said.
“Does it make a difference if it’s an extra day to get a letter?” DeJoy told the House Oversight and Reform Committee in February as reported in a Washington Post story. “Because something has to change. We cannot keep doing the same thing we’re doing.”
In a statement to CNN, "American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein said the plan "contains both positive attributes as well as some proposals that should be of concern to postal workers and customers."
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