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Omaha Steve

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Mon Oct 15, 2018, 01:16 PM Oct 2018

Workers put Trump on notice: 'The U.S. mail is not for sale!'


https://advocate.stpaulunions.org/2018/10/08/workers-put-trump-on-notice-the-u-s-mail-is-not-for-sale/



Craig Barrett, who said he has delivered mail for “16 winters” in St. Paul, rallies with fellow Postal Service employees on a national day of action.

October 8, 2018 by Union Advocate

Postal Service employees are bringing their unions together to push back against President Trump’s plans to privatize the federal agency.

And their solidarity is paying off.

Letter carriers, postal workers, mail handlers and other USPS employees in Minneapolis — and in communities across the country — rallied today with supporters, putting Trump and federal lawmakers on notice that the U.S. mail should not be for sale.

“As long as we can fight, we’re going to keep fighting to keep our Postal Service going strong,” said Harold Harvey, a member of St. Paul-based Branch 28 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, as he walked an informational picket line outside Minneapolis’ downtown post office.

FULL story at link above.
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Workers put Trump on notice: 'The U.S. mail is not for sale!' (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2018 OP
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