The busiest season of the year is here, and mail delays are already spiking.

Hi,

Since Donald Trump tapped mega-donor Louis DeJoy to run the U.S. Postal Service, delivery has slowed, prices have spiked, and postal workers have repeatedly gotten shafted with low pay, increased hours, and more.1

Now, just as the Postal Service embarks on its busiest season of the year, new data shows that mail delays are worse than in 2021, when we were still in the middle of a global pandemic.2

The report comes on top of DeJoy’s baffling decision to cut seasonal workers this year by two-thirds, and only makes it more likely that the holidays are going to be a total fiasco.3

We've already mobilized more than 100,000 people to contact Congress and the Biden administration to fire DeJoy ASAP. With the latest news that the mail is getting slower when we need it most, we need to dial up the pressure.

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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The postal service isn’t only important during the holiday season. We all need it year-round for prescription drugs, Social Security checks, and yes — staying connected to our friends, family and loved ones. It’s especially crucial for rural and Indigenous communities, which for-profit companies won’t serve.4

But DeJoy is a former logistics company CEO who earned his post by donating over $1 million to Republicans since 2016 — not by demonstrating a commitment to public service.5

That’s why his 10-year plan for the post office is such a nightmare — closing post offices and sorting centers, hiking fees above the rate of inflation, and forcing some neighborhoods to go weeks without mail delivery.6,7,8

We’ve mobilized over 100,000 people to demand that President Biden get rid of DeJoy by nominating two new USPS governors who will vote to fire DeJoy. With the holiday crunch about to prove how DeJoy is ruining this vital public service, now is the time to turn up the heat.

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

Sources:
1. GovExec, "More USPS Employees Are Quitting and Workers Are Protesting Understaffing," May 3, 2023.
2. GovExec, "Mail delays spike during USPS' busiest season," December 5, 2023.
3. GovExec, "USPS acknowledges some risks to its new, less-staffed holiday season approach,'" November 27, 2023.
4. Vox, "If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most," April 16, 2020.
5. OpenSecrets, "New dataset shows history of GOP donations from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy," August 26, 2020.
6. Salon, "DeJoy moves to consolidate USPS facilities,'" August 28, 2022.
7. CBS News, "USPS leaders forecast it would break even this year. It just lost $6.5 billion.'" November 14, 2023.
8. KSDK, "South St. Louis residents face weeks worth of mail delays, U.S. Postal Service says concerns are 'being addressed,'" October 17, 2023.

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