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Hi,
When Louis DeJoy announced his plan to weaken the U.S. Postal Service by closing post offices, cutting staff, and slashing overtime, postal workers warned that it would slow down mail delivery and put postal workers at risk.1
Now we’ve seen the tragic consequences. On June 20, one of the hottest days of the year, a postal worker died on his route as the heat index hit 113 degrees.2
Less than a month before he died — as Louis DeJoy was pressuring postal workers to do more with less — this same postal worker received the first disciplinary letter of his career for not working fast enough.3
This is inhuman. It should be a scandal. And for Louis DeJoy, it should be the last straw.
DeJoy is imposing grueling, unsafe conditions on workers. Already, he’s slashed hours for rural carriers and forced them to travel farther to pick up the mail.4,5 Some are reporting pay cuts of 25%.6
It’s not just workers who are suffering. Immediately after DeJoy took over, on-time delivery times plummeted from over 92 percent to 61 percent.7
It’s all because Trump-appointed DeJoy, a former logistics company CEO who has donated over $1 million to Republicans since 2016, isn’t focused on providing a public service.8 He wants to run the post office like a profit-seeking business.
These are horrifying, Amazon-style working conditions imposed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in the name of “efficiency.” And they’re going to get worse as DeJoy plows ahead with his 10-year plan to remake the post office in the image of private monopolies.
We’ve generated around 250,000 petition signatures calling for Louis DeJoy to be fired. With workers increasingly speaking out, now is the time to turn up the heat.
With gratitude for all that you do,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. Government Executive, "DeJoy pledges to trim workforce costs as USPS continues to lose more money than expected," August 9, 2023.
2. WFAA8, "'Thank you for being our rock' | Family, friends mourn loss of Dallas USPS mail carrier who died on this route," July 1, 2023.
3. WFAA8, "Dallas USPS carrier was sent disciplinary letter for a 'stationary event' -- then died on his route a month later," June 30, 2023.
4. The American Prospect, "Rural Letter Carriers Complain About Dramatically Reduced Pay," April 21, 2023.
5. Salon, "DeJoy moves to consolidate USPS facilities," August 28, 2022.
6. The American Prospect, "Rural Letter Carriers Complain About Dramatically Reduced Pay," April 21, 2023.
7. The Independent, "Katie Porter decimates Louis DeJoy’s leadership of USPS with a sharpie," November 16, 2021.
8. OpenSecrets, "New dataset shows history of GOP donations from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy," August 26, 2020.
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