Postman General Louis Dejoy announced on Tuesday that he would step down while the US Postal Service tries to recover from hundreds of billion dollars in The scheduled losses In the next decade.
Dejoy, who was named during President Donald TrumpThe first term, informed the Board of Directors for the postal service that it was time to find a suitable heir.
“Although it remains a lot of critical work to ensure that the postal service may be financially sustainable as we continue to serve the nation in our mission of essential public services, I decided it was time to start the process of identifying my successor and that preparation of the postal service for this change,” he said, “he said,” he said, “he said,” he said, ” is Dejoy in a statement.
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Postman General Louis Dejoy speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2022 in Washington. On Tuesday, the US Postal Service announced that Deyoy was leaving. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
“After four and a half years of running one of American public institutions with dramatic changes during unusual times, it’s time to start thinking about the next phase of my life, while ensuring that the postal service is fully prepared for the future,” he added.
Dejoy said that a timely and methodical approach is needed to find someone to lead the organization, followed by a “focus period” to set a postal succession for financial success.
“I am extremely proud of 640,000 men and women of the Postal Service of the United States who live, work and serve in every US community,” he said. “Although they were the victim of a legislative and regulatory business model that produced almost two decades of destruction of their organization and jobs, they persisted and accepted the changes we bring in to better serve their fellow citizens.”
Park of US Postal Services Out of Post Office, January 29, 2024, in Wheeling, ill. The number of postal carrier robberies increased again in 2023, and the number of injuries almost doubled, even when the US Postal Service launched an current action to target postal crime. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Dejoy was eavesdropped on to run the agency in 2020, at the time of the “huge operational and financial crisis” for the postal service, the statement said.
USPS implement a 10-year restructuring plan intended for removal of $ 200 billion foreseen losses in the next decade.
On this illustration of photographs, the US Postal Service (USPS) is forever displayed on July 12, 2024 in San Anselmou, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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2023 USPS reported $ 6.5 billion net loss for that fiscal year. At that time, the operational revenue dropped $ 321 million, or 0.4%, to $ 78.2 billion compared to the same period 2022, as the first -class post fell to the lowest volume since 1968.
