United States Postal Service to cut workforce by 10,000 by voluntary buyouts
The United States Postal Service is the latest federal agency looking to reduce its staff, according to a letter sent to Congress by the Postmaster General.
In the letter, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said USPS is trimming its workforce by 10,000 using voluntary buyouts over the next 30 days.
In the letter, the agency will use a voluntary early retirement program to eliminate 10,000 jobs, on top of the 30,000 jobs that were cut four years ago.
The postal service has not been affected by other federal government cuts. DeJoy said he personally signed a new agreement between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), that he said will help the agency with "identifying and achieving further efficiencies."
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In his letter, DeJoy listed several items he asked DOGE to review, like the agencies self funded retirement assets and obligations and it's worker compensation program that DeJoy said is mismanaged.
DeJoy also mentioned what he called unfunded mandates forced onto USPS by Congress, like obligatory mail delivery six days a week, maintaining post offices in rural areas, having uniform rates and more.
News 9 reached out to one of New Hampshire's postal workers unions and the local letter carrier association but did not hear back.
The national association is planning rallies across the country on March 23 to protest against dismantling the post office.
