Sign the petition: President Biden can get rid of Trump's Postmaster General

 

President Biden has the power to fire Trump-appointed head of the U.S. Postal Service Louis DeJoy, but he still hasn’t done it.

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.

So why hasn’t he been fired yet?

Sign the petition: President Biden must act and fire Trump crony Louis DeJoy from the USPS.

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.

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 through record-breaking heat waves, often in trucks that lack 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 who will fire DeJoy for his failed leadership, and advocate strongly for the expansion of USPS services already authorized by Congress.

Add your name: Urge President Biden to fire Trump-appointee Louis DeJoy and save the USPS!

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

1. Government Executive, “USPS continues to lose more money than expected”, August 9, 2023.

2. ABC, “Family, friends mourn loss of Dallas USPS mail carrier who died on this route”, July 1, 2023.

3. Vox, “If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most”, April 16, 2020.

4. Truthout, “DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details”, August 7, 2023.