Dear Friend,
Postal workers gathered outside the U.S. Postal Service headquarters last
week to protest the continued employment of postmaster general Louis
DeJoy.^1
Employees of the USPS have been working under onerous conditions since
DeJoy took office and dismantled sorting machines, instituted a hiring
freeze, and stopped overtime pay. Last fall, the Center for Public
Integrity even found that employees' paychecks were being shorted on a
regular basis.^2
Despite this malpractice, the USPS Board of Governors just held an
emergency meeting to appoint a DeJoy ally as chairperson to protect
DeJoy’s position.^3
Congress holds the keys to stopping DeJoy and saving the post office. They
can confirm nominees to the Board of Governors who are committed to firing
DeJoy. And they can pass legislation, like the Postal Service Reform Act,
to stop DeJoy’s schemes. Demand Progress has helped mobilize more than
150,000 messages in the last year urging Congress to act. We have limited
time to make our voices heard, and we need your help immediately.
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Since DeJoy took office in 2020, on-time mail delivery has fallen to a
measly 60%.^4
This downturn in delivery is no accident. DeJoy has enacted a 10-year plan
to slow the mail and raise prices.^5 He is a longtime investor in the
USPS’s competitors, and destroying the post office will line his pockets.
Unfortunately, a majority of the current USPS Board of Governors is
allowing him to dismantle one of our oldest public services.
Senators on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern about DeJoy’s
actions, and they have the power to rein him in.^5 That’s why we are
calling on Congress to pass legislation and confirm Postal Board of
Governors nominees who are committed to the following goals: saving and
expanding postal infrastructure, maintaining living wages and benefits for
employees, and, most important, reining in DeJoy and addressing his
financial conflicts of interest.
We must continue our fight to hold DeJoy accountable and fix the post
office. Will you donate?
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Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Mundo Obrero, "Workers to Postal Board of Governors: Dump DeJoy,"
[ [link removed] ]January 18, 2022
2. AP News, "USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds,"
[ [link removed] ]September 1, 2021
3. Government Executive, "Postal Board Elects DeJoy Ally as New Chairman,"
[ [link removed] ]January 12, 2022
4. Independent, "Katie Porter decimates Louis DeJoy’s leadership of USPS
with a sharpie," [ [link removed] ]November 16, 2021
5. CBS News, "Trump slams Senate Republicans for scheduling hearing with
postmaster general," [ [link removed] ]August 19, 2020
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