Louis DeJoy's deep political connections have raised a simple question: Having donated millions to the Republican Party and the Trump campaign, might he do the president's bidding as Postmaster General?
John Barger, who serves on the USPS Board of Governors, speaks during the Bloomberg Link Pensions and Endowment Portfolio Strategies conference in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2011.Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The company, which by then was called New Breed Logistics, got its big break from the very organization DeJoy is now leading: the U.S. Postal Service. DeJoy was CEO of New Breed Logistics from 1983 to 2014, when a Connecticut-based freight company, XPO Logistics, acquired New Breed for $615 million. DeJoy remained as CEO of its supply chain business for another year, to see the company through the transition, and then served on the XPO board until 2018.
In 2008, 27,000 members of the International Association of Machinists working at Boeing went on strike for nearly two months over the airline manufacturer's plans to outsource 5,000 union jobs — jobs delivering parts delivery and maintaining facilities — to New Breed, which was a non-union shop. DeJoy was CEO at New Breed at the time. Eventually, workers returned to their jobs after Boeing agreed to keep the 5,000 jobs while still allowing New Breed to deliver parts to Boeing factories.
In a statement, an XPO spokesperson said the company launched an independent investigation at the warehouse and implemented new programs and policies to address the issues of pregnancy care and family leave.
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