*** USPS CONTINUED ACTIVISM ***
*** USPS CONTINUED ACTIVISM ***
We still have work to do to HELP SAVE the Post Office. While locally some of us have seen delays, we have NOT seen the same widespread concerns shared nationally. Still, we can STAY CALM and take the timely ACTIONS below to help. Thank you!
WHY we must—
Recently, caving to pressure from lawmakers, attorneys general, and the public (thank you for your activism!), Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that he is “suspending” some policies he instituted that are causing mail delays.
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903477948/postmaster-general-will-testify-at-senate-hearing-friday.
While this is progress, it is not enough. DeJoy has NOT said he will undo the damage already done, nor do we know if he will keep his word, especially when the election draws nearer.
He also has NOT addressed his serious conflicts of interests, including involvements with other mail services and suspicious purchases of Amazon stock.
He is untrustworthy, the wrong person for the job and should resign. The House is not cancelling his hearing, and the now-21 states suing him are not backing down...neither should we.
CONTACT INFO for Timely ACTIVISM—
FRIDAY: DeJoy appears before the SENATE Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs—contact members of this committee with your concerns before Friday’s hearing: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about
If you have experienced delayed mail, prescriptions or benefit checks not arriving in time, or other postal problems, you can use this page to let Ranking Member Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) know: https://www.peters.senate.gov/postalor
Or call the Committee: (202) 224-4751
MONDAY: DeJoY appears before the HOUSE Committee on Oversight and Reform—contact members of this committee with your concerns:
https://oversight.house.gov/members
In addition, we can share our stories or problems or concerns by sending a tweet to @OversightDems, post on Vice-Chair Rep. Gomez’s (D-CA) FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/154054825137425/posts/778661916010043/
or call the Oversight Committee: (202) 225-5051
Contact the USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL and encourage the internal watchdog investigation launched into recent changes made at post offices across the country by the new postmaster general, who is a Trump appointee and share some of your concerns:
https://www.uspsoig.gov/form/file-online-complaint or USPS OIG, 1735 North Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209-2020.
CBS News has confirmed this:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-changes-post-offices/
WHAT do We ASK our REPS for?
—PASS the Delivering for America Act (H.R. 8015), which would reverse changes that obstruct mail delivery and prohibit future ones during the coronavirus crisis or through January 2021. It includes $25 billion requested by the Postal Service and supported unanimously and on a bipartisan basis by the Postal Board of Governors.
https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/FactSheet_HR8015_DeliveringForAmericaAct.pdf
—All election mail to be treated as first-class mail, delivered on time, and given the highest priority
—Reinstatement of overtime hours and extra delivery trips so that all ballots will be picked up and postmarked on the day they are dropped
—Emergency legislation to fully fund the USPS
—An immediate end to all mail backlogs and delays; restoration of slashed hours
—Replacement of all public mailboxes that have been removed since DeJoy’s tenure began and the unlocking of all mailboxes that had been locked
—Replacements for all mail-sorting machines removed since DeJoy’s tenure began
—Reinstatement of the 33 USPS experienced executives in their former positions
—DeJoy’s immediate resignation from his job as Postmaster General for his colossal mishandling of the USPS and injury to the public
—Reversal of the new rule that forbids USPS employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses.
OTHER CONTACTS and ACTIONS in case you need them:
Contact all Federal Members of Congress
(includes contact info and links to social media)
https://www.contactingcongress.org/
Fax legislators for free:
Reps: https://faxzero.com/fax_congress.php
Senate: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Contact the USPS Board of Governors:
https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/
Or use Resistbot: text USPS to 50409 or
Purchase stamps, postcards, and other mailing supplies:
White House contact: https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/white-house