Hi -- In case you missed it, we wanted to resend this urgent
email from earlier this week, pasted below. -- Demand Progress Action
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Hi,
Since Donald Trump appointed Louis DeJoy to run the U.S. Postal Service,
delivery times have slowed, postage prices have risen, and pretty much
everything else he’s done has been a fiasco.
Now it’s about to get worse, because DeJoy just announced plans to reduce
seasonal hiring for the holidays by nearly two-thirds from last year and
almost 80 percent compared to 2021.^1
It’s a recipe for a total dumpster fire, and it’s all part of DeJoy’s
disastrous 10-year plan that’s running the post office into the ground.
Louis DeJoy should be fired immediately, and Demand Progress has already
mobilized more than 100,000 people to contact Congress and the Biden
administration. Now, after these inexplicable reductions to holiday season
hiring, we need to turn up the heat.
[ [link removed] ]Will you make a donation to help Demand Progress Action get rid of
Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and push for other key
reforms?
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We all need the postal service — especially during the holiday season —
and not just for gifts and holiday cards. People rely on the postal
service for prescription drugs, Social Security checks, and other
essential needs. And it’s especially vital for rural and Indigenous
communities, where for-profit companies won’t set up shop because they
won’t make enough money.^2
But Trump-appointed DeJoy, a former corporate CEO who has donated over $1
million to Republicans since 2016, simply doesn’t believe in the U.S.
Postal Service’s mission as a public service.^3 He wants to run the post
office like a profit-seeking business.
That’s why he’s slashed hours for workers and rolled out a plan to close
post offices and sorting centers.^4,5 He’s raised fees twice a year, above
the rate of inflation, and has forced some neighborhoods to go weeks
without mail delivery.^6,7
We’ve mobilized over 100,000 people to demand that DeJoy be fired. With
the holiday crunch about to lay bare all the damage DeJoy is doing to the
postal service, now is the time to turn up the heat.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $10 to Demand Progress Action and support
our work, including demanding the removal of Louis DeJoy as USPS
postmaster general?
With gratitude for all that you do,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action
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Sources:
1. GovExect, "USPS acknowledges some risks to its new, less-staffed
holiday season approach," [ [link removed] ]November 27, 2023.
2. Vox, "If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the
most," [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2020.
3. OpenSecrets, "New dataset shows history of GOP donations from
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy,'" [ [link removed] ]August 26, 2020.
4. The American Prospect, "Rural Letter Carriers Complain About
Dramatically Reduced Pay," [ [link removed] ]April 21, 2023.
5. Salon, "DeJoy moves to consolidate USPS facilities," [ [link removed] ]August 28,
2022.
6. CBS News, "USPS leaders forecast it would break even this year. It just
lost $6.5 billion." [ [link removed] ]November 14, 2023.
7. KSDK 5, "South St. Louis residents face weeks worth of mail delays,
U.S. Postal Service says concerns are 'being addressed,'" [ [link removed] ]October 17,
2023.
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