USPS to chop 10,000 staff by way of voluntary early retirement program

Postmaster Common Louis DeJoy advised Congress in a letter Thursday that the USPS goals to remove 10,000 jobs utilizing a voluntary early retirement program over the following 30 days to scale back prices on the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service.

The USPS employs roughly 635,000 individuals. The retirement program was introduced on Jan. 13.

DeJoy additionally confirmed that the Elon Musk-led Division of Authorities Effectivity, often known as DOGE, is now working with USPS. 

“Final evening I signed an settlement with the Common Companies Administration and DOGE representatives to help us in figuring out and reaching additional efficiencies,” he wrote.

The transfer is “seen as a approach of creating DOGE comfortable,” one individual aware of the plans tells CBS Information.

DeJoy first met with DOGE representatives on Monday, this individual mentioned.

The postmaster normal lately introduced plans to step down from a task he was appointed to by President Trump. The White Home has but to appoint a successor. 

The Postal Service in November reported its annual loss broadened to almost $10 billion within the fiscal yr ending Sept. 30, 2024.

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