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Postal Service’s plan to electrify mail trucks falling far short of its goal

The Oshkosh Corporation has run into numerous delays trying to build a new fleet of all-electric vehicles for the US Postal Service.

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No More Mail Slowdowns. Not for Rural Families. Not for Anyone. Restore Delivery Service Standards to Every ZIP Code Now

We need to act to save the United States Postal Service from Wall Street and Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. It’s no accident that DeJoy -- the first Postmaster General in two decades without experience working in the postal service -- was appointed just months after Trumps’ Office of Management and Budget released recommendations that the USPS should be privatized. The result has been the slow decimation of one of America’s most treasured institutions. Mail slowdowns and historic price hikes have made DeJoy’s claim that the USPS is in a “death spiral” a self fulfilling prophecy.[1] DeJoy sees mail service drop off as “inevitable” and says his price hikes aren’t speeding up the decline.[2] He’s wrong. The combination of higher prices and slower delivery virtually guarantees the USPS will lose more customers. Since slowdowns started a little over a decade ago, and accelerated under Dejoy, first-class mail volume has shrunk by 28% to 46 billion pieces in 2023 from almost 64 billion pieces in 2014.[3] These decisions affect us all, but folks in rural areas, including many Indigenous communities, seniors, and veterans are the ones who will pay the greatest price, because for many -- the post office is their lifeline. These communities rely on the postal service to receive medications and to vote-by-mail, because some towns are too small for polling places and don’t have a pharmacy. More mail slowdowns would hurt rural communities the most because -- unlike UPS and FedEx -- the USPS is required by law to deliver all mail to all regions timely, and at a flat rate. And private companies won’t build offices in rural and remote areas because it’s not profitable. In fact, these private companies often rely on the USPS for “last-mile delivery” to get mail and packages to remote areas because it would be too expensive for them to do it any other way.[4] That’s why it’s called the postal SERVICE. Yes, it’s great if the USPS can be self-sustaining, but unlike private businesses, profit is not -- and must not -- be the bottom line. For the USPS service is the bottom-line. When DeJoy has faced pressure from Congress and everyday people like you and me, we’ve won. On electric vehicles, he agreed to make a minimum of 62% of new USPS vehicle purchases electric, up from his initial plan of just 10%. We didn’t stop the pressure and he then also committed to a 40% reduction in overall USPS emissions by 2030. This year, our movement, again working with Congress, forced DeJoy to pause closures of USPS processing centers until at least January 2025, to help protect vote-by-mail in this crucial election year. Now it’s time to do it again -- This time to stop the new mail slowdowns set to hit rural communities the hardest, and demand service delivery be restored to 2012 standards to completely erase the damage done by Louis DeJoy. Don’t let Louis DeJoy slow the mail again! Click “START WRITING” to sign and send a message directly to your members of Congress and the USPS Board of Governors demanding they stop mail slowdowns and price hikes, and restore 2012 delivery standards now. [1] USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural mail delivery could get slower. [2] FedEx to hike rates by 6.9% ‘given the inflationary backdrop’ [3] A decade of facts & figures [4] If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most

No More Mail Slowdowns. Not for Rural Families. Not for Anyone. Restore Delivery Service Standards to Every ZIP Code Now

We need to act to save the United States Postal Service from Wall Street and Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. It’s no accident that DeJoy -- the first Postmaster General in two decades without experience working in the postal service -- was appointed just months after Trumps’ Office of Management and Budget released recommendations that the USPS should be privatized. The result has been the slow decimation of one of America’s most treasured institutions. Mail slowdowns and historic price hikes have made DeJoy’s claim that the USPS is in a “death spiral” a self fulfilling prophecy.[1] DeJoy sees mail service drop off as “inevitable” and says his price hikes aren’t speeding up the decline.[2] He’s wrong. The combination of higher prices and slower delivery virtually guarantees the USPS will lose more customers. Since slowdowns started a little over a decade ago, and accelerated under Dejoy, first-class mail volume has shrunk by 28% to 46 billion pieces in 2023 from almost 64 billion pieces in 2014.[3] These decisions affect us all, but folks in rural areas, including many Indigenous communities, seniors, and veterans are the ones who will pay the greatest price, because for many -- the post office is their lifeline. These communities rely on the postal service to receive medications and to vote-by-mail, because some towns are too small for polling places and don’t have a pharmacy. More mail slowdowns would hurt rural communities the most because -- unlike UPS and FedEx -- the USPS is required by law to deliver all mail to all regions timely, and at a flat rate. And private companies won’t build offices in rural and remote areas because it’s not profitable. In fact, these private companies often rely on the USPS for “last-mile delivery” to get mail and packages to remote areas because it would be too expensive for them to do it any other way.[4] That’s why it’s called the postal SERVICE. Yes, it’s great if the USPS can be self-sustaining, but unlike private businesses, profit is not -- and must not -- be the bottom line. For the USPS service is the bottom-line. When DeJoy has faced pressure from Congress and everyday people like you and me, we’ve won. On electric vehicles, he agreed to make a minimum of 62% of new USPS vehicle purchases electric, up from his initial plan of just 10%. We didn’t stop the pressure and he then also committed to a 40% reduction in overall USPS emissions by 2030. This year, our movement, again working with Congress, forced DeJoy to pause closures of USPS processing centers until at least January 2025, to help protect vote-by-mail in this crucial election year. Now it’s time to do it again -- This time to stop the new mail slowdowns set to hit rural communities the hardest, and demand service delivery be restored to 2012 standards to completely erase the damage done by Louis DeJoy. Don’t let Louis DeJoy slow the mail again! Click “START WRITING” to sign and send a message directly to your members of Congress and the USPS Board of Governors demanding they stop mail slowdowns and price hikes, and restore 2012 delivery standards now. [1] USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural mail delivery could get slower. [2] FedEx to hike rates by 6.9% ‘given the inflationary backdrop’ [3] A decade of facts & figures [4] If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the most

Cobb County won’t get extension to count absentee ballots despite mail delays, Ga. Supreme Court rules

Cobb County election workers can only count absentee ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day despite mail delays, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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