Dear Friend,
First, he slowed mail delivery during the U.S. election. Then he unveiled
a 10-year plan to cut post office hours and raise prices.
Now Louis DeJoy is doubling down on destroying the U.S. Postal Service by
shuttering 18 mail-processing plants.^1
Enough is enough. We need to stop Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before he
does any more damage.
President Joe Biden can’t fire DeJoy directly, but he has named three
spectacular nominees to the governing board who can.^2 So we’re pressuring
the Senate to confirm the appointees ASAP, and we’re demanding that the
board give DeJoy the boot once and for all.
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Throughout the pandemic, postal workers have been among the most essential
employees—working tirelessly to deliver medication, ballots, letters, and
checks.
But the leadership of the USPS slowed the mail during the election, and
postal workers and the essential mail service we all rely on suffered
badly.
In March 2021, DeJoy submitted a plan that would make things even worse,
lengthening first-class delivery windows and cutting service hours. The
Washington Post called it the “largest rollback of consumer mail services
in a generation.”^3
The plan was widely panned, but DeJoy only doubled down. This week, he
announced he would accelerate the closure of vital mail processing
facilities around the country.
It’s long past time for DeJoy to go. But some Democrats on the nine-member
board that has the power to fire him have voiced support for him.^4 We
need to make sure that Biden’s nominees are confirmed by the Senate, and
we must keep the heat on the board and demand that it replace DeJoy.
[ [link removed] ]Demand Progress is waging a grassroots offensive to get Louis DeJoy
fired and replaced with someone who believes in the simple, universal
promise of the U.S. Postal Service. Will you chip in?
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Truthout, "Postal Workers Union Slams DeJoy Plan to Close Mail
Processing Facilities," [ [link removed] ]April 28, 2021
2. The Washington Post, "Meet Biden’s Postal Service nominees, who could
add pressure on Louis DeJoy," [ [link removed] ]April 21, 2020
3. The San Diego Tribune, "USPS chief DeJoy said to cut post office hours,
lengthen delivery times in 10-year-plan," [ [link removed] ]March 23, 2021
4. ABC News, "Biden's USPS board nominees aren't likely to oust embattled
postmaster DeJoy, insiders say," [ [link removed] ]April 22, 2021>
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