Dear Friend,

The Board of Governors overseeing the U.S. Postal Service just acted to
solidify Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s position, and workers are
fighting back.

Postal employees gathered in the cold outside USPS headquarters to protest
the installation of a DeJoy ally as chair of the Board of Governors. The
workers say that since DeJoy was appointed by Donald Trump, working
conditions have become untenable -- all part of the postmaster general's
plan to destroy the post office.(1)

The Senate is about to hold hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominees to
the USPS Board of Governors, and we need to ensure that they are committed
to firing DeJoy and fixing the post office. We are running out of time to
make our senators hear us, and we need your help.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $5 to Courage California and help demand
that Congress save the U.S. Postal Service?

DeJoy was specifically appointed to destroy the USPS -- Trump admitted he
wanted to guarantee that mail-in ballots wouldn’t reach their
destinations.(2)

Moreover, DeJoy made his fortune in shipping companies that are direct
competitors to the USPS, and he has instituted a 10-year plan to doom the
agency to failure.(3)

Postal workers -- known for showing up in rain, snow, heat, and gloom --
have been caught in the middle. DeJoy dismantled sorting machines and
stopped overtime pay, but then instituted a hiring freeze, putting
unreasonable expectations on the employees left over.(4) An investigation
even found that managers were shorting employee paychecks, something DeJoy
knew about.(5)

Since he began his tenure, on-time mail delivery has fallen 40%, hurting
Americans who depend on the post office daily.(6)

The Board of Governors is responsible for holding DeJoy accountable to the
service of the American public, but they are protecting him, instead.
That’s why the Senate must install two new members who will reverse
DeJoy’s fracturing of one of our oldest services.

We’ve helped send more than 200,000 letters to Congress demanding that our
representatives shore up the USPS and stop Louis DeJoy, and we need to
ramp up that campaign!

[ [link removed] ]Donate to Courage California and help save the post office!

Yours in the fight for our mail,

Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay,
LisaMarie, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) 

PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
and country. [ [link removed] ]Will you become a monthly donor and help sustain our work?

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