Hi,
Trump mega donor and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just announced his
latest terrible idea: he wants to eliminate 50,000 jobs.^1
DeJoy unveiled the plan at a conservative think tank event this week,
where he also introduced himself with pride as "the evil postmaster
general."^2
It's just one thing after another with this guy. He's under investigation
for campaign-finance violations and conflicts of interest.^3,4 His
delivery slowdowns threatened to undermine the 2020 presidential
election.^5 He resisted the transition to electric vehicles at every
turn.^6
Enough is enough. It's way, WAY, past time for Louis DeJoy to be fired.
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When Donald Trump left the White House, most of his cronies went with him.
But Louis DeJoy just keeps hanging around, defiantly and gleefully making
the U.S. Postal Service worse.
Under Dejoy, on-time mail delivery declined from 92 percent to 61 percent,
while postal rates went up.^7 In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential
election, as an unprecedented number of voters prepared to vote by mail
because of the pandemic, DeJoy ordered cuts to overtime and presided over
the removal of nearly 700 high-speed mail sorters.^8
Now DeJoy wants to eliminate 50,000 Postal Service jobs because he thinks
he runs a for-profit corporation — not a public service.
Polls show that the U.S. Postal Service is one of the most popular
government agencies, so if we can generate enough public attention, this
is a fight we can win.
Demand Progress has driven more than 200,000 signatures in to Congress and
the White House, urging them to act. We've helped ensure that Biden
appointees now control the oversight board that can fire DeJoy.
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Thanks for standing with us,
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Sources:
1. Government Executive, "USPS Plans to Slash 50,000 Positions in Coming
Years to Reach 'Break Even' Point," [ [link removed] ]July 28, 2022.
2. Linn's Stamp News, "PMG DeJoy aggressively pushes his agenda for USPS,"
[ [link removed] ]August 3, 2022.
3. The Washington Post, "FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
in connection with past political fundraising," [ [link removed] ]June 3, 2021.
4. Salon, "DeJoy may have violated conflict of interest law by profiting
off USPS Covid tests: watchdog group," [ [link removed] ]April 1, 2022.
5. The Washington Post, "USPS processed 150,000 ballots after Election
Day, jeopardizing thousands of votes," [ [link removed] ]November 6, 2020.
6. The New York Times, "Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s
Gas Guzzlers Contract," [ [link removed] ]March 14, 2022.
7. Independent, "Katie Porter decimates Louis DeJoy’s leadership of USPS
with a sharpie," [ [link removed] ]November 16, 2021.
8. HuffPost, "DeJoy Says Mail Sorting Machines Were Stripped For Parts And
Can't Be Reinstalled," [ [link removed] ]September 25, 2020.
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