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justaprogressive

(2,292 posts) Wed May 8, 2024, 10:54 AM May 8

The "Save The Post Office" Coalition

What We’re Calling For

We are calling on President Biden to fill the postal board of governors with appointees committed to protecting and expanding the postal service, and for USPS to replace aging fleet with union-built emission free vehicles. We are calling on Congress to remove artificial barriers to the success of the United States Postal Service; pass laws to make sure voting by mail remains safe, secure and easy; and enable the postal service to bring in new revenue streams like postal banking.

Who We Are

The coalition’s membership includes over 300 organizations that range from national groups like Public Citizen, ACLU, NAACP, Indivisible, MoveOn, Color of Change, the American Postal Workers Union, National Farmers Union, VoteVets, and RuralOrganizing.org, to state groups like Mainers for Accountable Leadership, Alaska PIRG, and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.

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The "Save The Post Office" Coalition (Original Post) justaprogressive May 8 OP

This reads like a pitch for funds without an understanding of how the Postal Service works. brooklynite May 8 #1

brooklynite

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1. This reads like a pitch for funds without an understanding of how the Postal Service works.

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Wed May 8, 2024, 11:03 AM

May 8

We are calling on President Biden to fill the postal board of governors with appointees

The President doesn't have the authority to arbitrarily appoint Postal Board members. They serve fixed terms, and only one expires each year. At present there's only one Republican-appointed Governor whose term expires this year.

Add to which, its obvious that Congress won't be passing laws to "make sure voting by mail remains safe, secure and easy; and enable the postal service to bring in new revenue streams like postal banking." unless the Democrats control both the House and Senate.

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