Democrat Named Postal Board Chair Amid Calls to Fire Postmaster
- Bloom steps in as Democrats pressure Trump Postmaster DeJoy
- New chairman has advised labor groups such as letter carriers
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The U.S. Postal Service, struggling with slow delivery following disruptive changes by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, selected a Democrat as its board chairman.
Ron Bloom, a member of the board of governors since 2019 who had previously advised the National Association of Letter Carriers, was chosen by a vote of the Postal Service board on Tuesday to succeed Robert Duncan, a Republican who was chairman since 2018.