People For Member,
The U.S. Postal Service has never been in greater peril than it is under its current leadership. Donald Trump may now be out of office, but his crony, Louis DeJoy, is still the Postmaster General. And DeJoy seems intent on harming the U.S. Postal Service as much as possible in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic. President Biden has a unique opportunity to prevent further harm from being visited upon the Postal Service and those it serves by filling all the vacant seats currently on the Postal Service’s governing board.
DeJoy has been called to testify before a House of Representatives panel next week in advance of rolling out his new ‘strategic vision’ for the Postal Service, and we need to raise as much awareness about his terrible leadership before he takes the stand.
Once the new governors are confirmed by the Senate, there will be enough Democratic votes on the board to both finally oust DeJoy as Postmaster General and enable the agency’s leadership to make the service improvements the Postal Service sorely needs.
Only 38 percent of mail was delivered on time at the end of 2020, after DeJoy’s changes had been roiling the battered agency for a good part of the year. And this month, two people briefed on DeJoy’s “strategic vision” have revealed that he intends to ban air transport for first-class mail at a time when successful delivery rates are already historically low.[1] For DeJoy to implement changes that will slow mail service in the midst of a pandemic – during which receiving medications and paying bills by mail have continued to be a lifeline for millions of Americans – could be catastrophic.
It’s imperative that we save the Postal Service, one of our country’s most relied-upon and beloved institutions. To do that, we need your help in the lead-up to DeJoy’s record of incompetence being on full display at next week’s House hearing.
Thanks for all that you do!
In community,
Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate
[1] “Postmaster general’s new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices.” (The Washington Post, 02/12/2021.)
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