The DeJoy(less) 10 year plan -that’s what we waited for? Job-Killer made him rich

DeJoy wants to lower delivery standards and increase cost because his end goal has never changed—> He Wants our USPS to no longer exist. He & his cronies can chop it up and sell off the assets.

Before we jump into the most draconian and archaic plan I’ve read in the past 2 decades, it might be helpful to reread this previous article

United States Postal Service Board of Governors primer:

United States Postal Service Board of Governors (USPSBoG) includes is an eleven body board.¹ Pursuant to the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) P.L. 109-435;

• Nine Governors are appointed. Terms of appointment are restricted to seven years (before 2006 the USPSBoG term was nine years)…Expiration of Term (per law) is December 8, terms are staggered, therefore so are the expiration.

• The USPSBoD member “may” stay on until a successor is appointed, but that’s limited to one year

• Not more than five of the nine may belong to the same political party

• By law USPSBoG can only serve two terms/appointments

Current USPSBoG;

Louis DeJoy -Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer

Ron A. Bloom -Chairman, Board of Governors

Roman Martinez IV -Vice Chairman, Board of Governors

John M. Barger -Member, Robert M. Duncan -Member, Donald L. Moak -Member, William D. Zollars Member - Vacant Deputy PMG and Government Relations Officer. Wait you mean the current demographic of the Trump-USPSBoG is; 100% white male(s), average age 58.5 years old, minimum net worth is over $65million —president Trump certainly left his indelible mark of white-rich- privileged on the USPSBoG.

Before Twitter goes off the rails disinformation or misinformation crazy train. I would like the opportunity to calmly and factually explain why DeJoy(less) is still our PostMaster General. It’s about C.F.R.s, specifically 39 U.S.C. §202(e)(3) which addresses both the appointment and removal of the postmaster general...this-requires an “absolute majority of the Governors currently in office”

(c) The Governors shall appoint and shall have the power to remove the Postmaster General, who shall be a voting member of the Board. His pay and term of service shall be fixed by the Governors.

39 U.S.C. §202 (c) and (e) - Board of Governors

Reserved for Decision by the Governors - 39 C.F.R. §3.4; Appointment, pay, term of service, and removal of the Postmaster General; Appointment and removal of USPS Inspector General

Reserved for Decision by the Board -39 C.F.R. §3.3; Approval of the annual Postal Service Finance Plan, Operating Plan, and Capital Plan Approval of the annual financial statements of the Postal Service following receipt of the annual report of the Postal Service's independent, certified public accounting firm…

President Biden’s nominations to USPSBoG

February 24, 2021 President Biden’s Press Release - which announced three nominees for the United States Postal Service Board of Governors - March 15, 2021 official notice of the Biden White House nominations sent to the Senate.

Anton Hajjar; former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO. PN243 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) — Anton George Hajjar — United States Postal Service

Amber McReynolds; CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute, a non-partisan non-profit dedicated to expanding and improving vote-by-mail systems in all fifty states. PN244 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) — Amber Faye McReynolds — United States Postal Service

Ron Stroman: served as Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Governmental Relations Officer for the United States Postal Service. . PN245 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) — Ronald Stroman — United States Postal Service AND PN246 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) — Ronald Stroman — United States Postal Service

DeJoy and USPSBoG’s 10 year plan…

My children have written a far more robust and detailed business plan for their proposed social media channel. I mean one of my children did actually performed a cost analysis based on the average wattage use, cellular data usage, productive output, and how they could monetize their science experiments for their proposed to offset cost incurred for their electronics.

First off; the fact DeJoy(less) didn’t used an 8 x 11 format for their Plan-at-a-Glance PDF is just beyond. One has to wonder, exactly what kind of ineptitude does it require to have such a janky format? Even with the color scheme, coupled with the aggressive use of all caps, this only adds to the odious and maladroit fashion of this pdf.

Does DeJoy think his copious public statements wouldn’t comeback to haunt him?In the recent months he stated “[USPS] has one of the worst last-mile infrastructures” that’s what he used as an excuse after a District Court Judge ordered him to stop implementing the nonsensical changes he made just prior to Q4 of 2020.

Second off - setting aside that whole swaths appear to have been cut & pasted from Bush, Clinton and Obama Administration’s USPS plan - To view the full Plan PDF

The subtext in the following disclosure is with DeJoy at the helm the goal is to drastically lower the (arguably already shitty) service standards for First-Class Mail and Periodical Service while simultaneously raising rates across the board.

Postal Service will hold a Pre-filing Conference on April 6, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, regarding its proposed First-Class Mail and Periodicals Service Standard Changes, 2021. If the Postal Service determines to move forward with a proposal to change service standards, it will do so in an active, docketed case before the Postal Regulatory Commission.

You can also view the Plan-at-a-Glance at https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/usps-delivering-for- america-plan-at-a-glance.pdf.

How can this “long awaited” 10 year plan have so many words but as a whole the reports actually says nothing, at all. No really what does this purported goal even mean?

“A bold approach to growth, innovation and continued relevance - $24 billion of new revenue…”

Has DeJoy EVER proffered a reasonable or fact based answer why in Q4 2020 thousands of our Veterans, Elderly and other Americans experienced an unconscionable weeks long delay in the USPS delivering their medications?

Even in the Opening Letter - DeJoy and the USPSBoD lied and then blame shifted and lied again. Let’s be candid, Louis DeJoy’s objective is to kill our United States Postal Service, then cut it up into little pieces and ultimately privatize it. There, I said it and the world didn’t end.

Let’s play a game - what’s missing in the following paragraph?

“…the Postal Board of Governors played an active role in representing the public interest as we sought to preserve our ability to fulfil our universal service mission while transforming our business and operations. Their collective expertise—in logistics; leading and working with unions; leading and serving on boards of large organizations; advising on finance and restructurings; and working in the political arena with political parties on both sides of the aisle—has provided a solid foundation for the Plan…”

Not a single mention about the American people who are the customers of the USPS - to be fair the 630K+ public servants of the USPS are decent and thoughtful public servants. DeJoy and the current USPSBoG? Nope.

You’ve failed your basic mission with DeJoy at the helm:

“Our basic mission is to provide prompt, reliable, and efficient mail and package shipping services to all Americans—regardless of where they live— and at affordable rates…”

If we are all in agreement that the USPS Mail delivery is down and that sustainability is largely in the “package” delivery - this makes DeJoy’s relentless targeting of Amazon slightly problematic. Because common sense would dictate a stronger public/private partnership with companies like Amazon who already madd heavy investment in their logistics to meet the ever grown customer package demand. Yet the USPSBoG 10 year plan is largely silent on actual ROI of investing tens of billions into their logistics infrastructure.

“Package revenues increased from $9.9 billion in FY2007 to $21.5 billion in FY2018, slowed to $22.8 billion in FY2019, and spiked to $28.5 billion during the pandemic of FY2020…”

What is telling is less than 3 pages discussing the deployment and questionable recent contract award of NGDV, as further discussed here. DeJoy and the USPSBoG were taken to task about the dubious Oshkosh award which is still shrouded in secrecy and nothing in the (long awaited) USPS 10 Year plan actually addresses the every growing concern and lack of useful information - it is stunning and completely unacceptable.

Summary DeJoy’s USPS 10 year Plan

Lower Delivery Standards - he’s already making a move regarding first class Mail. Shorten work hours, extend delivery time. Replace people with robots. One only needs to look at DeJoy’s previous business ventures - DeJoy got rich by replacing people with robots, for example XPO logistics furthermore XPO Smart™ -see 2019 Investors Statement, also see XPO Smart™ Patent

“…mWith XPO Smart, we have the infrastructure in place to achieve this. Our pilot LTL operators are acting on insights gained from site-specific machine learning and our predictive analytics."

DeJoy’s abysmal Labor Track Record:

DeJoy’s inexplicable anti-Union-hate - for example “New Breed versus the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled in 1994
“the National Labor Relations Board orders that the Respondent, New Breed Leasing Corporation, Compton, California, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall take the action set forth in the Order as modified.”
https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d45800ba096

Should you be inclined just take a look at the various NLRB cases involving the USPS - you’ll note the highest concentration of cases concerning unlawful labor practices had a precipitous uptick under DeJoy’s leadership. DeJoy got rich by killing jobs and undervalued people by replacing them with automation. That’s not an opinion those are the facts of his shitty business history.

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Various House Committees weigh in:

“I am extremely concerned about the Postal Service’s unacceptable decision to make permanent slower mail delivery despite substantial public and Congressional opposition, and its failure to fully engage with Congressional leaders and postal stakeholders during the development of Postmaster General DeJoy’s plan…Mr. DeJoy’s plan should not be implemented until Congress and the American people have the opportunity to fully review it and provide substantive feedback.” Chairwoman Rep Maloney

Oversight Committee @OversightDems

NEW: Today, Chairs @RepMaloney, @GerryConnolly & @RepStephenLynch, along with Member @RepLawrence issued statements in response to @USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s announcement about his 10-year plan.

“…Postmaster General DeJoy has put forth a draconian plan that guarantees the death spiral of the United States Postal Service…Customers and Congress are fed up with DeJoy’s service cuts and record delays.  The only way to right this ship is new leadership, a better vision, and a realistic plan that serves all Americans.” -said Chairman Connolly.

“.. As a 30-year veteran of the Postal Service, I can't stress enough that we must maintain the agency's ability to promptly and efficiently deliver mail to all Americans…It’s the responsibility of the Postmaster General to meet the challenge of upholding the Postal Service’s trusted and timely mail delivery.  I’m extremely troubled by any action to lower service standards, and I remain willing to work with the agency’s leadership to maintain the Postal Service’s favorability and ability to promptly and efficiently deliver mail to all Americans.” Rep Lawrence

1. Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, P.L. 109-435 - last visited on March 23, 2021 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ435/pdf/PLAW-109publ435.pdf