Summary

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) agreed to cut 10,000 jobs under pressure from Elon Musk, sparking outrage from Democrats.

Rep. Gerald Connolly warned that Musk and DOGE could push for USPS privatization, harming rural and vulnerable communities.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the cuts, citing USPS’s financial struggles and praising DOGE’s cost-cutting approach. Musk has openly supported privatization.

Postal worker unions pledged to fight any threats to employees’ rights. The USPS has already reduced its workforce by 30,000 since 2021.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 hours ago

    DeJoy was installed exactly to make a shift towards privatizing USPS. Don’t think this isn’t part of the same plan. These grifters see only dollar signs for themselves.

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        7 hours ago

        Also Biden had 4 years to remove DeJoy, which is one of the biggest indicators to me he works for the same rich masters

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          Biden couldn’t unilaterally do that, but laws don’t mean anything anymore and he should have just done it and sent him to an ice detention center in Louisiana