People For Member,
In case you missed it: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy intends to implement changes that will slow down mail and raise costs in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
Even after coming under intense fire for his efforts to disrupt the mail in the run up to the 2020 election, DeJoy is STILL trying to undermine mail delivery for countless Americans who will be severely harmed if he succeeds. He wants to force through new rules that would raise prices and slow down mail delivery, including for those who rely on the mail to get their prescriptions and pay their housing and health care bills on time.
DeJoy has been called to testify before a House of Representatives panel next this 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 DeJoy’s testimony reveals his incompetence, it will be even more clear that we need President Biden to quickly fill all the vacant seats currently on the Postal Service’s governing board so that they can remove DeJoy once and for all.
Once the new governors are confirmed by the Senate, there will be enough votes on the board to both finally oust DeJoy as Postmaster General and enable the agency’s leadership to make the community-focused 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 large part of the year. And this month, two people briefed on DeJoy’s “strategic vision” 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 this 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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