As I’m sure you know, the U.S. Postal Service finalized plans in February to purchase up to 148,000 mail delivery trucks from Oshkosh Defense, 90% of them, powered by gasoline fueled combustion engines expected to get 8 miles per gallon.
I’m sure you also know that DeJoy is using non-union workers to build these trucks.
Louis DeJoy’s decision to sign a $11.3 billion contract for non-union built trucks with the fuel efficiency of a Hummer is disastrously bad management, and it directly defies the Biden administration objections that the multibillion-dollar contract would undercut the nation’s climate goals.
I’m asking you to become a cosponsor of HR 7018, the Green Postal Fleet Act, to block Dejoy’s bad deal and demand any USPS contract for new trucks include a mandatory requirement for at least 75% electric vehicles. The climate crisis won’t wait for action. I will be watching how you vote on this, please don’t let our country down.
First sent on March 16, 2022 by Jessica
