Hi,

Louis DeJoy’s postal service has a plan to slash letter carrier pay.^1
It’s unacceptable, but not a surprise — DeJoy is the Trump-appointed
Postmaster General still in charge of the U.S. Postal Service.

DeJoy’s dangerous 10-year privatization plan for the United States Postal
Service remains a real threat to workers, consumers, and our entire postal
system. Mail prices have gone up under DeJoy, and the mail has slowed
down.^2 Now, some letter carriers might see their livelihoods taken away.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge the USPS Board of Governors to reverse the
decision to slash letter carrier pay! We need a functioning postal service
and workers are critical to a strong USPS.

ADD YOUR NAME

The USPS is deciding to slash letter carrier hours and pay, mostly in
rural areas, because of an algorithm.^3 We can’t let the USPS continue to
get worse at the hands of an algorithm and a Trump-appointee.

DeJoy’s broader USPS privatization plan will inevitably raise prices even
more, crushing consumers who rely on the mail to send packages to loved
ones and small businesses who rely on the USPS for the core of their
operations.^4 It will also adversely impact rural and indigenous
communities the most^5 — the USPS is a lifeline for so many communities.

This impending reduction in rural letter carrier hours will particularly
hurt people living in remote areas, rural communities, and Indigenous
communities who rely on the postal service to receive medications and to
vote-by-mail, because their towns are too small for polling places.

Private companies won’t build offices in rural and remote areas because
it’s not profitable. That’s corporate greed, and that’s why the USPS is so
important. We must stop DeJoy.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name urging the USPS Board of Governors to stop DeJoy’s
privatization plan and reverse its decision to slash rural letter carrier
capacity.

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. The American Prospect, "Rural Letter Carriers Complain About
Dramatically Reduced Pay,” [ [link removed] ]April 21, 2023.
 2. More Perfect Union, “Louis DeJoy's 10 Year Plan to Privatize USPS,”
[ [link removed] ]September 21, 2021.
 3. The American Prospect, "Rural Letter Carriers Complain About
Dramatically Reduced Pay,” [ [link removed] ]April 21, 2023.
 4. More Perfect Union, “Louis DeJoy's 10 Year Plan to Privatize USPS,”
[ [link removed] ]September 21, 2021.
 5. Vox, “If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the
most,” [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2020.
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