The National Association of Letter Carriers organized nationwide rallies to protest plans to restructure or privatize the Postal Service.

Summary

Nationwide protests erupted as postal workers opposed plans to privatize the USPS and cut 10,000 jobs.

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) organized rallies in over 200 cities, condemning the proposed merger with the Commerce Department and collaboration with Elon Musk’s DOGE.

Lawmakers like Senators Dick Durbin and Tina Smith joined demonstrations, calling the changes unconstitutional.

USPS employees fear losing jobs and essential public services, especially in rural areas. Trump and Musk defend privatization as efficient, but critics argue it endangers vital community functions.

  • megalow@lemmy.today
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    8 days ago

    The south rose again and we lost, if you haven’t noticed. We’re not in any situation to be having trials. Sadly they are, and they’re carrying out their own tribunals right now.

    If we want to regain any control of this system, we won’t do it without a better propaganda game. Telling people we’re going to come take out vengeance as soon as we can works completely against that sort of effort.

    Be pissed. Use the anger. But maybe think of long-term tactics with a clear vision of what’s real, and what’s effective. Or don’t, and enjoy a fantasy of power you don’t have. Maybe it’s comforting. I just think too many people aren’t thinking strategically about what’s actually needed to change things, even if some of those things seem repugnant.

    And I in no way mean to suggest trying to talk hardcore maga into anything. It’s the apathetic, uninformed, etc, that are the ones that can be moved.