Hi,
There’s been a Trump appointee in charge of the U.S. Postal Service for
President Biden’s entire term.
Louis DeJoy, Trump’s handpicked choice for the USPS, is still wreaking
havoc on workers and customers, and trying to privatize the post office.
There’s a simple solution: President Biden can fire DeJoy by appointing
two new people to the Postal Board of Governors who are committed to a
strong USPS, worker safety, effective mail delivery, and firing Trump’s
Postmaster General.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to appoint Brenda Lawrence and
Sarah Anderson to the USPS Board of Governors in order to get rid of Trump
appointee Louis DeJoy.
ADD YOUR NAME
Since being put in his role by Trump, DeJoy has been on a crusade to
privatize the USPS, slash worker hours and pay, slow down mail delivery,
and raise the costs for consumers.
DeJoy’s 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 worked this summer through record-breaking
heat waves, often in trucks that lacked air conditioning. Multiple USPS
workers have died in the past two years from heat related illness,
including one in Texas this summer.^2
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.^3
DeJoy has plans to keep cutting the USPS, and to make life more miserable
for workers.^4 President Biden must nominate Postal Board of Governors
candidates Brenda Lawrence and Sarah Anderson who will fire DeJoy for his
failed leadership and advocate for customers and workers.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell President Biden to fire DeJoy!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi 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. Vox, “If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the
most,” [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2020.
4. Truthout, “DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to
Know the Details,” [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2023.
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