Pay Cuts Have Rural Letter Carriers ‘Scared’ and ‘Outraged’

Thousands of letter carriers at the U.S. Postal Service are starting to see new schedules that have reduced their hours and cut their pay, causing significant anxiety within the workforce.

The changes are part of a revamping of the pay structure for rural employees, a process that has been years in the making and subject to a series of delays. The new work schedules were slated to go into effect last month, but were repeatedly pushed back as the Postal Service sought to iron out kinks.

Pay Cuts Have Rural Letter Carriers ‘Scared’ and ‘Outraged’

DeJoy says the situation is “unfortunate” but wasn’t his decision and “it is what it is.”