General Discussion

the reason DeJoy was not removed was because Biden appointed people, including Dems, to the UPS board who did not want to remove DeJoy.

Here is a 4 plus year old reply of mine:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216689232#post9

that Kos piece is based off faulty logic, as it assumes that just because there will be 5 Biden nominees that means they will vote for sure to remove him. That is not the case for sure at all.



https://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1.12.22-Lexington-Issue-Brief.pdf

A host of progressive activists, including Senators Sanders, Warren, and Baldwin and
dozens of members of Congress have called for the firing of Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy, a one-time major fundraiser and megadonor for Donald Trump and the
Republican Party. With the likely confirmation of Biden’s two pending appointments, five members of the Board of Governors that select the Postmaster General will have been appointed by President Biden and four by President Trump.

So why won’t DeJoy be gone?

When fully constituted, there are nine members of the Board of Governors who vote on the hiring decision. There are currently eight such governors and one vacancy. One of 2 those current governors, appointed by President Trump, would be replaced by a Biden nominee upon Senate confirmation. Two of the current eight Governors voted against naming Ron Bloom, a DeJoy supporter, as chairman of the Board of Governors at a November 10 meeting. That, however, is far different than the more drastic action of firing a Postmaster General.

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) also says that “an absolute
majority of the Governors in office shall be required” to remove a Postmaster General.
As such, abstaining is equivalent to voting to keep the Postmaster General in office. The
practical effect is that five Governors will need to vote to remove DeJoy. Governor Amber McReynolds, who was nominated by President Biden and joined the Board in May, was not at the November 10 meeting and did not vote on the Bloom matter.

Earlier, on August 19, 2021, she was asked directly on MSNBC whether DeJoy should be
fired and declined to say he should be, thus incurring much social media anger from
progressives. Governor McReynolds is a nationwide leader in promoting election mail,
which USPS has handled well under DeJoy. She is not going to want to jeopardize this in
any way and will be very thoughtful and deliberate in her decision making.

Governor Anton Hajjar, another Biden appointee, may also have trepidation with firing DeJoy. Hajjar previously served as general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). Last month, the APWU reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement with USPS that union leadership strongly lauded and which is generally seen as a good deal for the union’s members. Furthermore, President Biden’s two nominees on November 19 – Dan Tangherlini and Derek Kan – are by no means shoe-ins to vote to remove DeJoy. In fact, Kan served at several positions in the Trump Administration and has also worked for Senator Mitch McConnell.

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