Mail Delivery Could Be Delayed As New Postmaster General Pushes Cost-Cutting Measures

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general.

The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a "different mindset" to ensure the Postal Service survives the coronavirus pandemic.

Postal Service leaders say in a document obtained by The Associated Press that if postal distribution centers are running late, "they will keep the mail for the next day."

The changes come a month after a major donor to President Donald Trump, Louis DeJoy, took over the sprawling mail service.

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