There’s been a Trump appointee in charge of the U.S. Postal Service for President Biden’s entire term.
Louis DeJoy, Trump’s handpicked choice for the USPS, is still wreaking havoc on workers and customers, and trying to privatize the post office.
There’s a simple solution: President Biden can fire DeJoy by appointing two new people to the Postal Board of Governors who are committed to a strong USPS, worker safety, effective mail delivery, and firing Trump’s Postmaster General.
Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to appoint Brenda Lawrence and Sarah Anderson to the USPS Board of Governors in order to get rid of Trump’s choice to lead the USPS.
Since being put in his role by Trump, DeJoy has been on a crusade to privatize the USPS, slash worker hours and pay, slow down mail delivery, and raise the costs for consumers.
DeJoy’s tenure has been a disaster for USPS workers. Trump appointed DeJoy in 2018 to oversee privatization of the postal service. Since then, DeJoy has cut postal worker staffing by over 30 million hours just this year, and dramatically reduced wages for two thirds of rural mail carriers.1
Overworked, underpaid carriers worked this summer through record-breaking heat waves, often in trucks that lacked air conditioning. Multiple USPS workers have died in the past two years from heat related illness, including one in Texas this summer.2
Mail prices have gone up, and delivery has slowed down. Service cuts have been felt especially hard in rural and Indigenous communities, where broadband is scarce and for-profit delivery companies often don't provide service.3
DeJoy has plans to keep cutting the USPS, and to make life more miserable for workers.4 President Biden must nominate Postal Board of Governors candidates Brenda Lawrence and Sarah Anderson who will fire DeJoy for his failed leadership and advocate for customers and workers.
Add your name: Tell President Biden to fire DeJoy!
Sources:
- Government Executive, “USPS continues to lose more money than expected,” August 9, 2023.
- ABC, “Family, friends mourn loss of Dallas USPS mail carrier who died on this route,” July 1, 2023.
- Vox, “If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most,” April 16, 2020.
- Truthout, “DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details,” August 7, 2023.