The National Association of Letter Carriers organized nationwide rallies to protest plans to restructure or privatize the Postal Service.

Summary

Nationwide protests erupted as postal workers opposed plans to privatize the USPS and cut 10,000 jobs.

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) organized rallies in over 200 cities, condemning the proposed merger with the Commerce Department and collaboration with Elon Musk’s DOGE.

Lawmakers like Senators Dick Durbin and Tina Smith joined demonstrations, calling the changes unconstitutional.

USPS employees fear losing jobs and essential public services, especially in rural areas. Trump and Musk defend privatization as efficient, but critics argue it endangers vital community functions.

  • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    There have been protests for those too. Media coverage of protests has been severely limited making you think fewer people have been fighting back than they have. Here’s one in Dallas

    Here’s another in St. Louis

    There have even been people protesting ICE during their raids and doing things like loudly telling people around ICE is there and about their constitutional rights. It’s been effective enough that ICE has been complaining about how they are below targets

    The USPS unions organized these protests against the entire USPS being dismantled. Sounds kind of like a thing unions should do. Privitizing it is way worse than just affecting “junk mail”

    In various parts of the country USPS is the only place that will deliver mail to people because it’s unprofitable to do so. Zero mail service nearby affects a lot. For instance, need medications delivered, you may lose that option