Hi,
Trump-appointed head of the USPS, Louis DeJoy, was hauled in front of the
U.S. Senate last week to answer for the complete mess at the Post Office.
He’s overseeing higher prices (up 45% under DeJoy!), worse service (mail
delays across the country are at an all-time high), and massive,
unexplained mail delays in Atlanta.^1
When Senator Jon Ossoff asked Louis DeJoy for answers as to why his
constituents in Atlanta and small businesses in the area were experiencing
massive mail delays and lost packages, DeJoy had nothing to say. DeJoy
admitted he hadn’t even read an important letter Senator Ossoff sent him
six weeks earlier about delays in Atlanta.^2
This is all part of the Trump appointee’s disastrous reign as head of the
Post Office. DeJoy’s plan to raise mail prices, cut staff, and privatize
the USPS looks like a complete mismanaged mess. DeJoy must be held
accountable.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to fill two openings on the
USPS Board of Governors to save the USPS from DeJoy. We need a USPS Board
who will get the USPS back on track and stop DeJoy’s disastrous
privatization plan.
ADD YOUR NAME
President Biden could have appointed two new officials to the USPS Board
of Governors in December when the terms of two board members expired, and
put an end to DeJoy’s plan to destroy the Post Office as we know it.
President Biden can still do it now, and he must before things get even
worse.
And now, even Republicans are complaining about DeJoy — as constituents
struggle with ongoing mail service issues and promised post offices in
rural areas go unfinished.
DeJoy’s tenure has been a disaster for service and 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
in 2023, and dramatically reduced wages for two thirds of rural mail
carriers.^3
Since being put in his role by Trump, DeJoy has been bad for consumers and
workers — President Biden must do everything he can to check DeJoy’s
power.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell President Biden to hold Trump-appointee DeJoy
accountable!
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. More Perfect Union on Twitter, “The U.S. Postal Service is failing...”
[ [link removed] ]April 18, 2024.
2. Senator Jon Ossoff on Twitter, “WATCH LIVE: Sen. Ossoff publicly
questions USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy...” [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2024.
3. Government Executive, “DeJoy pledges to trim workforce costs as USPS
continues to lose more money than expected,” [ [link removed] ]August 9, 2023.
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