Salon has obtained internal U.S. Postal Service documents that appear to contradict Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s congressional testimony on Friday, in which he told a Senate panel under oath that he was not cutting employee overtime.
The memo, which was provided by a manager to rank-and-file employees, appears to confirm reports that under DeJoy the agency is implementing policies aimed at dramatically curtailing the opportunity for worker overtime, to the point that the memo says flatly on its first page: “Overtime will be eliminated.”
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., asked DeJoy whether he had taken steps to “eliminate” or “curtail” overtime. DeJoy said no. Continue reading.