VOTE FORWARD et al v. DEJOY et al
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MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by AMY BOLAN, AARON CARREL, COLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR LATINA OPPORTUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, INDERBIR SINGH DATTA, DANTE FLORES-DEMARCHI, PAUL HUNTER, SEBASTIAN IMMONEN, KATHRYN MONTGOMERY, SEAN MORRISON, PADRES & JOVENES UNIDOS, LINDA ROBERSON, MARTHA THOMPSON, VOCES UNIDAS DE LAS MONTANAS, VOTE FORWARD, GARY YOUNG (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Exhibit Index, #3 Exhibit USPS OIG Report (Aug. 2020), #4 Exhibit USPS, Postal Operations Manual (Excerpts), #5 Exhibit USPS OIG Report (May 2020), #6 Exhibit USPS, Mandatory Stand-Up Talk: All Employees, #7 Exhibit Leaked USPS Powerpoint, #8 Exhibit DeJoy Testimony - House Oversight Hearing (Aug. 24, 2020), #9 Exhibit DeJoy Testimony - Senate Hearing (Aug. 21, 2020), #10 Exhibit Statement of DeJoy - House Oversight Comm. (Aug. 24, 2020), #11 Declaration Professor Justin Grimmer, #12 Exhibit USPS, Congressional Briefing (Aug. 31, 2020), #13 Exhibit Chart of States Where Voters' Mail-In Ballots Are Impacted By Defendants' Delays, #14 Exhibit USPS Letter to Pa. (July 29, 2020), #15 Declaration Eitran D. Hersh, #16 Exhibit House Oversight Hearing on USPS Operations - Transcript (Aug. 24, 2020), #17 Exhibit Senate HSGAC Hearing on USPS Operations - Transcript (Aug. 21, 2020), #18 Declaration Aaron Carrel, #19 Declaration Martha Thompson, #20 Declaration Kathryn Montgomery, #21 Declaration Sebastian Immonen, #22 Declaration Amy Bolan, #23 Declaration Inderbir Singh Datta, #24 Declaration Scott J. Forman of Vote Forward, #25 Declaration Alex Sanchez of Voces Unidas De Las Montanas, #26 Text of Proposed Order)(Duraiswamy, Shankar)
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We have long expressed our concerns with lack of cost control and
declining productivity at USPS, in filings at the PRC, Alliance Reports, and
elsewhere. Recently, we received the following email from a postal employee who was
reacting to one of our articles. We are leaving out her or his name to protect him or her
from any repercussions.
I’ve been a City Letter Carrier for 28 years. In a recent article, you mentioned how
labor costs are up, while hours were down. I might have a partial explanation. I was
asked the other day if I could help a CCA who was unfamiliar with a route. He would
have gone into about 20 minutes of double time if I didn’t help. USPS frowns upon
double time. My salary is about twice his. I would have had to find the person, sort
and organize the mail, go to the part of the route to be delivered, deliver it, and drive
back to the office. It would have taken me about an hour to do this. So, instead of
paying that CCA about 20 minutes of double time, (about the same as my base
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salary), I would have been paid an hour of overtime. My supervisor understood this
also, but shook his head and said, the priority is cutting double time, not costs.
We’re pretty sure that this is but one example of many ways in which USPS hurts itself with
irrational, wasteful practices at the front lines. Yet, in recent years, USPS management
seems to have put cost control on the back burner as it has sought financial assistance
from Congress and the PRC.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has kept a low profile with customers and the media in
his first month on the job. Reportedly, he is working hard to scope out the organization
and develop his priorities. An aggressive focus on cost reduction may have leaked out in
the form of an obscure PowerPoint presentation from within USPS operations in Ohio.
Alliance supports efficiency and service together
If it is true, the Alliance wholeheartedly supports an emphasis on cost
control and efficiency while attaining service standards. We do not believe
the brief mention of leaving mail behind reflects a directive from PMG
DeJoy. As a seasoned business leader, he knows that to succeed, a service
provider must deliver both service and efficiency simultaneously.
The many acronyms aside, these slides represent major changes in how the USPS
operates. And many will say that service will go into the tank as a result. A firmly-held
element of USPS culture is that you either emphasize budget or service, but you never
succeed at both. Everyone in the private sector knows, however, that you really have to
be both efficient and provide or exceed the level of service your customers expect in
order to survive.
The Postal Service has not confirmed or denied that these slides accurately portray
national policy. USPS spokesperson Dave Partenheimer provided EcommerceBytes with
the following statement on Monday:
“The Postal Service is developing a business plan to ensure that we will be financially
stable and able to continue to provide reliable, affordable, safe and secure delivery of mail,
packages and other communications to all Americans as a vital part of the nation’s critical
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infrastructure. While the overall plan is not yet finalized, it will certainly include new and
creative ways for us to fulfill our mission, and we will focus immediately on efficiency and
items that we can control, including adherence to the effective operating plans that we
have developed.”
POT = penalty overtime
CSDRS = customer service delivery reporting system
SDO = scheduled day off
DUO = delivery unit optimization
DUT = delivery up time
DM = district manager
AVP = area vice president
204 = temporary supervisor on loan from the craft
OIC = officer in charge
EAS = executive and administrative schedule
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