Yesterday Donald Trump confirmed that he’s considering privatizing the US Postal Service. That would be a big step in the direction of a libertarian dystopia.
'A True Danger to the Public Post Office', "How many post offices will be closed?" asked one union official. "How many clerks and drivers will lose jobs?"
The Great Postal Heist documents the culture of bullying that developed in the U.S. Postal Service after it was converted from a public service to a public corporation, after the great wildcat strike of 1970.
The Postmaster General’s New Attack on the Mail is a Fig Leaf for Privatization.
"We will not allow Trump's handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to slow down mail delivery, cut hours at post offices, and sabotage the Postal Service," said Bernie Sanders.
“If you could see my co-workers walking out of the building at the end of the day. So many of them have been broken down by UPS, and UPS does not care. They just want the packages out.”
A completely politicized and manufactured crisis threatens to destroy the US Postal Service, our most important, successful and trusted institution by any measure. While the Trump Administration seeks to destroy it we must embrace and empower it.
"The deliberate delaying of Americans' mail delivery would be a stunning act of sabotage against our Postal Service."
The safest way to cast a ballot will very likely be by mail. But with opposition from the president, limited funding and time running out, will that option be available?
The United States Postal Service is a crucial institution for black workers in America. That's why Bernie Sanders's strong support for defending and expanding the USPS is a key racial justice issue.
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