Louis DeJoy’s effort to turn around the U.S. Postal Service’s financial fortunes was made more difficult by a host of entrenched interests, but he threaded the political needle in a way that gained grudging respect from stakeholders who often opposed his reforms.
A day after DeJoy’s abrupt exit as postmaster general, postal union leaders on Tuesday credited him with initiating a long overdue modernization effort rather than enabling ideas now contemplated by the Trump administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service.
His departure creates a major leadership vacuum at a time when the Postal Service is facing declining mail volumes and mounting pressure to maintain universal service and its status as an independent agency.
