Hi,

We think we’ve found a way to finally fire Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The power could lie with Senator Gary Peters.

Sen. Peters is the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and directly oversees the confirmation process for the USPS Board of Governors. Only the USPS Board of Governors has the power to fire DeJoy, and there are two public service champions waiting to be appointed to the Board to take action.

Sign the petition: tell Chairman Peters to appoint public service champions to the USPS Board of Governors who will Fire Louis DeJoy now.

The Save the Post Office campaign has named two alternatives we can rely on to steer a public service Postal Service: Rep. Brenda Lawrence and civil society advocate Sarah Anderson. These nominees are endorsed by 300 labor and public-interest groups—all President Biden needs to do is to nominate them.1

The situation at the USPS is dire, with DeJoy trying to slash USPS operations by cutting positions, hiking postage rates, and shuttering post offices around the country.2 DeJoy’s assault on USPS personnel harms Black Americans, who make up a significant portion of our postal workforce,3 as well as rural and older Americans, who rely on USPS for communication, goods, and to deliver life-saving medications.

A federal judge recently ruled that DeJoy tanked the delivery of ballots in the 2020 election by making changes to mail delivery just before the election.4

We still have Trump appointees on the Postal Board of Governors and Trump appointee Louis DeJoy at the helm. To turn the USPS around, we need new nominees to the Board who will challenge DeJoy; invest in a union-made, electric postal fleet; ensure postal jobs remain good union jobs; and expand USPS public service even further by looking into offering banking services, internet access, and more.5

Tell Chairman Peters: Lead the fight to send public service champions to the USPS Board of Governors who will Fire Louis DeJoy now.

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. American Prospect, “The Continued Survival of Louis DeJoy,” November 29, 2022.
  2. Federal News Network, “DeJoy: USPS in recovery but ‘uncomfortable changes’ still to come under reform plan,” April 15, 2020.
  3. NBC, “'This feels different': Black postal workers on the USPS' fate,” August 25, 2020.
  4. CNN, “Louis DeJoy: Changes made by Postmaster General before 2020 election harmed US Postal Service, judge rules,” October 6, 2022.
  5. American Postal Workers Union, “U.S. Mail is Not for Sale!"

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