A former senior official in the Obama administration has been elected chairman of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors.
Ron Bloom, a Democrat appointed by former President Trump
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“It will require of ourselves as well as of our stakeholders to come together, face our challenges openly, make the necessary choices and do what is right for this great organization and our country,” he said in a statement. said.
Bloom previously served under former President Obama as his senior adviser on manufacturing policy. He succeeds Robert Duncan, a Republican who has served as chairman of the Postal Service Board since September 2018 and will continue as a board member.
Roman Martinez IV, another Republican councilor, was elected vice president.
President Biden
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There are currently three vacancies in the nine-person staff. The American Postal Workers Union has called on Biden to fill the vacancies with Democrats, giving the party a simple majority.
“It has to be a 5 to 4 … majority election of the Democratic Party,” Mark Dimondstein, the union’s president, told NPR.
Bloom said Tuesday he will work with the agency’s governors and his postmaster general. Louis DeJoy
Louis DeJoy Democrat calls on Biden to fire the post council for ‘complicity’ in attempts to block the election. Judge approves agreement to speed up Georgia’s vote. DeJoy’s calendar issued by Postal Service is almost completely redirected, about a ten-year plan to revive the agency, reports The Associated Press.
At Tuesday’s meeting, DeJoy also reportedly apologized for the delay in the postal service that many Americans have experienced over the past year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and DeJoy’s own efforts to bring about operational change at the agency before the election. To set November.
‘Too many Americans have left weeks on important deliveries of mail and packages. “This is unacceptable and I apologize to the customers who feel the impact of our delays,” DeJoy was quoted as saying by the AP.
Rep. Bill Pascrell
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The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment on calls for future action by the Postal Service Council.