Union leaders who represent U.S. Postal Service workers say mail delivery is slowing down because of new work rules and equipment removals. And they say it's intentional.
Union officials say some mail sorting machines have been removed, Mail trucks have to leave right on time, even with bins of mail left behind. Overtime was eliminated. And mail carriers are told to hand sort mail the day after it arrivesat the post office. Roscoe Woods is President of a local union that includes Michigan's largest distribution center in Pontiac.
"It began to just pile up and what is a processing facility it started turning into a warehouse," said Woods.
Woods says he thinks the changes are meant to degrade public confidence in the mail and discourage people from voting by mail in November. U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the changes will make the postal service more efficient and save money.