Rats reported feeding on packages of rotted fruit and meat as postmaster general's cutbacks unleash chaos at California's mail centers

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• Chaos has ensued at mail sorting facilities across California as employees struggle with the recent cutbacks in staffing and equipment.
• At one mail-sorting facility in South Los Angeles, employees reported seeing gnats and rodents picking apart containers of fruit and meat that had been left to rot, according to the Los Angeles Times.
• The reports come after recently-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy made a series of sweeping changes to the postal service.
• Speaking to Congress this week, DeJoy promised that he would suspend many of the operational changes until after the election after facing criticism from Democratic congressional leaders.
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Employees at mail sorting facilities across California are reporting padlocked sorting machines, mountains of untouched mail, and rodent-infested packages as they struggle with widespread cutbacks in staffing and equipment.

Postal workers and union leaders have told the Los Angeles Times that the recent cutbacks recently imposed by the postal service have caused major delays at facilities across the state.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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