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Thousands of workers across the United States hit the streets to say \u201cHell No!\u201d to dismantling the postal service this weekend.<\/p>\r\n

UNI Global Union affiliate the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) organized rallies in cities throughout the country on Sunday 23 March in response to threats from the Trump administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

NALC President, Brian Renfroe,<\/strong> declared the moves by the government as an assault on all 640,000 postal employees and on 8 million jobs attached to USPS. Speaking at a rally in Los Angeles, he called it an attack on an institution central to the U.S. economy, on 51.5 million rural households & businesses, and the 300 million Americans who rely on USPS.<\/p>\r\n

The rallies come after outgoing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy agreed to work with Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018Department of Government Efficiency\u2019 to cut 10,000 jobs and billions of dollars from the USPS budget.<\/p>\r\n

Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum turned up in support of postal workers at the protests as they brandished signs saying \u2018Fight Like Hell!, \u2018U.S. Mail Not For Sale\u2019\u00a0 and \u2018Hell No! to privatization\u2019.<\/p>\r\n

NALC says it \u201copposes any plans to eliminate the USPS leadership, abolish regulatory oversight and carve up postal operations.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

In a show of solidarity, Mark Dimondstein, President of UNI postal affiliate, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), joined a rally with NALC members in Silver Spring, Maryland, along with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.<\/p>\r\n

APWU held their own action day on 20 March with thousands upon thousands of postal workers taking part. In a rally in Washington D.C., Dimondstein<\/strong> said: \u201cWe\u2019re trying to alert the public \u2013 the people of the country \u2013 that our postal services are truly in danger. This is not a one-off day, this is the beginning of an ongoing fight.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Cornelia Berger, Head of Post & Logistics, at UNI Global Union said:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u201cPostal workers are the lifeblood of public service, connecting every home, no matter how remote. Attempts to dismantle the USPS aren\u2019t just reckless – they\u2019re an attack on democracy itself. We stand united with NALC and every postal worker saying loud and clear: Hands off the USPS!\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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