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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUse this USPS statement to refute any disinformation about board chair Ron Bloom.
The facts are clear. Bloom, whose investment firm received $300,000 from DeJoy, was
1. appointed to the board by Trump in 2019 to fill the end of someone's term, and
2. then given a one-year "holdover" term that expires this December.
A nominal Dem, rich as a king, doing the devil's work as he is fully behind DeJoy's actions.
[link:https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/ron-bloom.pdf|
Ron A. Bloom was nominated to the Postal Service Board
of Governors by President Donald Trump, confirmed by
the Senate and began his service Aug. 20, 2019. Bloom
served the remainder of a seven-year term that expired
Dec. 8, 2020, and is currently in a holdover year. He was
unanimously elected by his fellow Governors on Feb. 9,
2021, to serve as the 24th Chairman of the Board of
Governors.
During his career of more than 40 years, Bloom has had
senior leadership roles for labor unions, leading financial
services firms and the Federal Government.
Since 2016, Bloom has been a Vice Chairman and
Managing Partner at Brookfield Asset Management, with a
focus on helping the firm invest and manage its $50 billion Private Equity Group. As part
of his work at Brookfield, he serves on the Board of Directors of Westinghouse Electric
Company and Clarios.
Previously, Bloom was Vice Chairman, U.S. Investment Banking and Managing Director at
Lazard. During his time at there, he advised the National Association of Letter Carriers on
postal issues. As a Vice President at Lazard, he focused on corporate transactions
including mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and divestitures.
From 2009 to 2011, Bloom served the Obama Administration, first as a senior advisor to
the Secretary of the Treasury helping to lead the U.S. auto industry restructuring following
the 2008 recession. After the restructuring, he led the Treasurys Oversight of GM and
Chrysler, including GMs Initial Public Offering at the time the largest IPO in U.S.
history. In 2011, President Obama appointed Bloom to serve as Assistant to the President
on Manufacturing Policy. He provided leadership on policy development and strategic
planning for the Administrations agenda to revitalize the manufacturing sector.
Prior to that, Bloom served for 13 years as a Special Assistant to the President of the
United Steelworkers, leading the unions efforts to restructure the North American steel
industry. He was responsible for collective bargaining program in the unions core
jurisdictions and also coordinated union relationships with both public and private
investors. Before joining the Steelworkers, Bloom was one of the founding partners of the
investment banking firm of Keilin and Bloom.
Bloom earlier served as a research and negotiating specialist for the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU). He began his career as the New England Regional Director of
the Jewish Labor Committee.
Bloom completed his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in 1977 and received
his MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School in 1985.
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Use this USPS statement to refute any disinformation about board chair Ron Bloom. (Original Post)
Grasswire2
Sep 2021
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. How do we get rid of him?
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)2. Bloom's "holdover" year is expiring in Dec.
He would be gone, then.
He's requesting another "holdover" year, reportedly, but I have not seen an official statement regarding that or if it is even possible under the rules.
The public is not getting enough info about this matter. Why is this board ALL rich white fat cat men??
A government service whose employees are highly diverse should have a governing body with some diversity, too!!!!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. Not soon enough for me, but the minute he's gone, can we also dump DeJerk?
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)4. That's my understanding.
Twitter is blowing up on this matter this morning. There's a lot of disinfo out there. That's why sharing this statement from USPS itself is important.
But so many questions -- and so little info about that board.