Rural mail carrier speaks on Post Office cuts, deteriorating conditions in West Virginia

Some 50,000 rural carriers for the United States Postal Service are facing layoffs and thousands more confront wage cuts of up to $20,000 under a new compensation scheme. Local post offices around the country are targeted for closure as USPS is dismantled as a public service. The effective privatization of the USPS and its subordination to Amazon and other private, for-profit capitalist entities has led to a ratcheting up of the exploitation of postal workers.

Rural mail carrier speaks on Post Office cuts, deteriorating conditions in West Virginia

A West Virginia rural letter carrier describes deteriorating conditions under the new compensation scheme.