“Our postal system has never belonged to any president, any political party, or any company. It’s belonged to the people of this country.”
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 10-9-2018
Postal workers and critics of the Trump administration’s plans to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS) carried signs at a Los Angeles protest on Oct. 8, 2018. (Photo: Chloe Osmer/Twitter)
As the United States Postal Service (USPS) closed on Monday for a national holiday celebrated by many municipalities as Indigenous Peoples Day, workers across the country held a day of action to protest President Donald Trump’s proposal to privatize the postal service.
We oppose Post Office privatization in Philadelphia!! Privatization will hurt working people, communities, and businesses who are served by the Post Office #NotForSale pic.twitter.com/qRcWk1SPZp
— Rachel Rekowski ✊🏼 (@RachelReko) October 8, 2018
