Wearing blue APWU T-shirts and chanting “Five Day – No Way!” the marchers shut down busy streets and assembled at a park to alert the public to the need to preserve Saturday mail delivery. The rally included several dozen Postal Workers from Minnesota.
“Everywhere we go, the Postal Service is closing and consolidating post offices,” Jackson told the crowd. “We are postal workers fighting back. It’s time to save our jobs and Save Our Service!”
Burrus said that members must “tell America that we’re not fooled” by the plan to close mailboxes on Saturday, and the union must let the public know that they shouldn’t be fooled either.
The demonstration took place during the 20th biennial convention of the American Postal Workers Union.
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| The Rev. Jesse Jackson (above) addressed the crowd at a rally to save Saturday mail service. |
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The Postal Service has asked Congress for permission to eliminate Saturday mail delivery – a plan that would slow service, drive away business, and lead to the demise of the world’s most efficient and trusted postal system. The American Postal Workers Union is leading a campaign to preserve six-day service.
Millions of citizens depend on Saturday delivery to receive prescription drugs, checks, newspapers, magazines, greeting cards and other material, the union said. Most U.S. businesses operate six or seven days a week, and many rely on a six-day mail delivery cycle.
The Postal Service proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery is just one part of management’s plan to slash service and weaken the nation’s mail system, according to the union. The USPS would close thousands of post offices, gut the mail processing network, remove mail collection boxes, and cut the workforce.
Members of other labor unions pledged support for the fight.
“Over 200,000 working members of the Detroit AFL-CIO stand with you,” said Saundra Williams, president of the Metro Detroit Central Labor Council. “We will defeat this crazy notion of five-day delivery. We will not support diminishing services.”
Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan State AFL-CIO told rally participants: “You wanna know who’s on your side? Everyone with a mailbox.”
The National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents 300,000 active and retired Letter Carriers, also is working to preserve Saturday service. NALC President Fred Rolando addressed the Postal Workers convention and pledged continued cooperation to stop the Postal Service’s “misguided plan” to go to five-day delivery.
This article includes information from the APWU website, where you can view video of the rally.
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Wearing blue APWU T-shirts and chanting “Five Day – No Way!” the marchers shut down busy streets and assembled at a park to alert the public to the need to preserve Saturday mail delivery. The rally included several dozen Postal Workers from Minnesota.
“Everywhere we go, the Postal Service is closing and consolidating post offices,” Jackson told the crowd. “We are postal workers fighting back. It’s time to save our jobs and Save Our Service!”
Burrus said that members must “tell America that we’re not fooled” by the plan to close mailboxes on Saturday, and the union must let the public know that they shouldn’t be fooled either.
The demonstration took place during the 20th biennial convention of the American Postal Workers Union.
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| The Rev. Jesse Jackson (above) addressed the crowd at a rally to save Saturday mail service. |
|
The Postal Service has asked Congress for permission to eliminate Saturday mail delivery – a plan that would slow service, drive away business, and lead to the demise of the world’s most efficient and trusted postal system. The American Postal Workers Union is leading a campaign to preserve six-day service.
Millions of citizens depend on Saturday delivery to receive prescription drugs, checks, newspapers, magazines, greeting cards and other material, the union said. Most U.S. businesses operate six or seven days a week, and many rely on a six-day mail delivery cycle.
The Postal Service proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery is just one part of management’s plan to slash service and weaken the nation’s mail system, according to the union. The USPS would close thousands of post offices, gut the mail processing network, remove mail collection boxes, and cut the workforce.
Members of other labor unions pledged support for the fight.
“Over 200,000 working members of the Detroit AFL-CIO stand with you,” said Saundra Williams, president of the Metro Detroit Central Labor Council. “We will defeat this crazy notion of five-day delivery. We will not support diminishing services.”
Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan State AFL-CIO told rally participants: “You wanna know who’s on your side? Everyone with a mailbox.”
The National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents 300,000 active and retired Letter Carriers, also is working to preserve Saturday service. NALC President Fred Rolando addressed the Postal Workers convention and pledged continued cooperation to stop the Postal Service’s “misguided plan” to go to five-day delivery.
This article includes information from the APWU website, where you can view video of the rally.