Hi,
Why is Trump crony Louis DeJoy still the head of the U.S. Postal Service
(USPS)?
His tenure has been a disaster for USPS workers. Trump appointed DeJoy in
2018 to oversee privatization of the postal service. Since then, DeJoy has
cut postal worker staffing by over 30 million hours just this year, and
dramatically reduced wages for two thirds of rural mail carriers.^1
Overworked, underpaid carriers are currently working through
record-breaking heat waves, often in trucks that lack air conditioning.
Multiple USPS workers have died in the past two years from heat related
illness, including one in Texas this summer.^2
DeJoy has plans to keep cutting the USPS, and to make life more miserable
for workers.^3 President Biden needs to step in right now and stop this
Trump-appointee from doing any more damage.
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DeJoy’s plans have also been a failure for everyone who uses the post
office. Mail prices have gone up, and delivery has slowed down. Service
cuts have been felt especially hard in rural and Indigenous communities,
where broadband is scarce and for-profit delivery companies often don't
provide service.^4
Even local newspapers are hurting under DeJoy’s new policies. The USPS
recently raised the costs of delivery for publications by one third. The
cost increases pose an existential threat to much of the local press. When
government agencies have criticized such changes, DeJoy aggressively moved
to shut down all criticism and oversight.^5
DeJoy is a one-man wrecking crew for the U.S. Postal Service. He needs to
go. President Biden must nominate Postal Board of Governors candidates who
will fire DeJoy for his failed leadership, and advocate strongly for the
expansion of USPS services already authorized by Congress.
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Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Government Executive, “USPS continues to lose more money than
expected,” [ [link removed] ]August 9, 2023.
2. ABC, “Family, friends mourn loss of Dallas USPS mail carrier who died
on this route,” [ [link removed] ]July 1, 2023.
3. Truthout, “DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to
Know the Details,” [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2023.
4. Vox, “If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the
most,” [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2020.
5. Duluth News Tribune, “End DeJoy's, the USPS's war on local
newspapers,” [ [link removed] ]August 15, 2023.
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