On Tuesday, headlines from news outlets across the country read: \u201cPostal Workers Day of Action.\u201d As the country continues to rise up in defense of the public Postal Service and against the new policies that have significantly delayed mail, thousands took to the streets under the banner \u201cSave the Post Office.\u201d<\/p>\n
An estimated 300 actions took place in almost every state. Postal workers; labor, civil & human rights activists; community allies; and lawmakers made clear demands for their members of Congress:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pass $25 billion in emergency COVID relief funding for the Postal Service.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Permanently reverse the policies Postmaster General DeJoy put into place that caused mail delays.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe APWU National put out the call and our local leaders, members, and community allies answered in spectacular fashion,\u201d said APWU National President Mark Dimondstein. \u201cThis is the People\u2019s Post Office and the people have shown they\u2019re ready to fight for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe U.S. Postal Service is a bedrock institution for every American,\u201d said Becky Livingston, Saint Louis Gateway Area Local President to a crowd of dozens in\u00a0St. Louis<\/a>. \u201cOur elected leaders must support $25 billion in funding to make sure the post office can run effectively, and Postmaster DeJoy must reverse his harmful slowdown policies immediately.\u201d Demonstrators held signs that read\u00a0Save America\u2019s Post Office and Stop Delaying America\u2019s Mail. Proper Staffing. Faster Delivery.<\/em><\/p>\n