US Postal Service

Caravan Supports Workers And Fights U.S. Postal Service Privatization

May 28, 2020 Martha Alston, Peoples World. Resist! COVID-19, Essential worker, US Postal Service, Worker Rights and Jobs

On Thursday, May 21, 80 cars lined up, in front of the Main Post Office in downtown Detroit, to thank Postal Workers, and to insist that the Post Office not be privatized. For over an hour, cars circled the Post Office, with drivers blowing their horns and leaning out their windows to yell “Thank You” to the workers. Postal employees responded by smiling, fist pumping, and applauding as the cars drove by. One creative driver had stacked Priority Mail boxes on the roof of her car—just in case someone didn’t know that it was the Post Office the caravan was supporting. Participants said that the action raised their spirits and made them feel they could have their voices heard even in the midst of a pandemic. Many said they were willing to participate in more such actions.

Newspapers Won’t Connect the Dots On Postal Service Threats

May 5, 2020 Julie Hollar, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! 2020 Elections, Congress, Media, US Postal Service

More than six weeks after a bill was introduced to require vote-by-mail to be available for the November 3 elections, no federal steps have been taken to ensure a fair and free election in the shadow of a pandemic that threatens people’s ability to access the polls. In fact, while some states scramble to put together vote-by-mail plans—shouldering the financial burden themselves—others are doing nothing, and New York went so far as to cancel its presidential primary. Meanwhile, commenting on Fox & Friends (3/30/20) about the Democratic vote-by-mail bill, Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud: The things they had in there were crazy. They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.

Postal Bankruptcy Would Hit Rural US The Hardest

May 5, 2020 Brian Wakamo, Scott Klinger and Sarah Anderson, Inequality.org. Educate! Bankruptcy, Congress, Rural, US Postal Service

As postal workers strain to meet demand for deliveries of medicine, food, and other essentials, the U.S. Postal Service is facing potential financial collapse due to plummeting mail revenue. Without a major cash infusion, the USPS is on track to run out of money before the end of September, according to the Postmaster General. A USPS shutdown would be devastating for the entire country, but especially for the rural communities that rely most on a public service with a universal mandate to serve every address, no matter how remote. A new Institute for Policy Studies report finds that the 15 most rural U.S. states would face heavy blows to jobs, revenue, mail and package deliveries, and voting rights.

Are We About To Lose The US Postal Service?

April 8, 2020 A Grand Alliance To Save The Postal Service, Popular Resistance. Organize! Budget, Congress, Privatization, US Postal Service

The Postal Service is under an unprecedented strain from the Coronavirus pandemic and we all need to act. The crisis is straining every part of the Postal Service. It is putting new obligations on the USPS, while postal revenue falls. For millions of Americans, the Postal Service is their only contact with the outside world right now. Its network is keeping our prescriptions filled and food on our shelves. But when the Congress passed its huge two-trillion dollar stimulus, they left the Postal Service out in the cold! There are credible reports that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin lobbied hard to stop Congress from including financial support for the USPS in the stimulus bill. His department is in charge of the White House's attempt to sell off the Postal Service to private corporations.

Neither Rain, Sleet, Nor Snow Will Stop The Post Office From Spying On You

March 2, 2019 By John Kiriakou, Consortium News Educate! Mass Surveillance, US Postal Service

You may remember that last year some nut was arrested for mailing bombs to prominent Democrats, media outlets, and opponents of Donald Trump. Less than a week after the bombs went out, a suspect was arrested. Almost immediately, the video turned up of him at a Trump rally, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hate and chanting for the camera. He was soon tried, convicted, and jailed. End of story. But it wasn’t the end of the story.

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