The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will hold an urgent rally on March 23 to oppose reported efforts to take away the independence of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and degrade its universal delivery mandate, which would affect every local resident, business, organization and neighborhood. We oppose any plans to eliminate the USPS leadership, abolish regulatory oversight, and carve up postal operations, thereby threatening the universal mandate to deliver everywhere and for the same price regardless of Zip Code. It also would put at risk the millions of jobs that depend on the postal network, rural and urban delivery services, and affordable shipping costs.
WHO:Local letter carriers and other supporters
WHEN:Sunday, March 23, 12 p.m.
WHERE: Civic Center Park, 5602 Sheridan Rd, Kenosha, WI 53140
WHY:The NALC stands firmly against dismantling a nearly 250-year-old public institution that serves the public in every location in all 50 states and U.S. territories, that is older than the country itself—and that is based in the Constitution. If enacted, this plan would:
- Eliminate the USPS Board of Governors, stripping the Postal Service of independent oversight
- Abolish the Postal Regulatory Commission, leaving no independent regulatory authority on pricing and service
- Carve up the USPS, jeopardizing 7.9 million jobs tied to the postal industry
- Raise shipping costs, driving inflation higher for businesses and consumers
- Sharply reduce service to rural America, including 51.5 million addresses where private carriers often do not deliver
- Destabilize commerce, affecting small businesses and major private shippers
Every day, our 200,000 letter carriers deliver 376 million pieces of mail to nearly 169 million delivery points, supporting a $1.92 trillion mailing industry. This universal service is vital, particularly in rural areas where USPS ensures the delivery of medications, ballots and essential packages. The proposed executive order threatens 640,000 postal jobs, including over 73,000 veterans. And it would be illegal and unconstitutional.
Letter carriers, allies and postal supporters will gather to send a clear message: Hands off the Postal Service!
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) represents 295,000 active and retired letter carriers across the United States, advocating for their rights, safety, fair treatment and the delivery of high-quality service to residents and businesses nationwide. For more information, visit www.nalc.org.
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The USPS is a private company, not a government department. It sounds, from the text of the statement, like the union is concerned that it may be dissolved, and it doesn’t want that. Reminds me of a few decades back, when Ma Bell was determined to be a monopoly and the courts broke it up into a bunch of baby Bells. Those of us old enough to remember know that that particular dissolution created competition in the industry, along with better service, more technological advances and lower prices.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) began in 1775 with the Second Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin. The USPS became a permanent part of the federal government in 1792 when President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act. In 1971, the USPS became an independent agency.
…. you watched Miracle on 34th Street
The usps is a government is An agency of the executive branch of what was once OUR government , not like the bell system at all. Maybe the GOP candidates should promote their agenda by shipping their lies to us by ups or FedEx.
250 year old agency that looses money.
Time for DOGE
640,000 jobs with 11 paid holidays a year,
Unaffordable
Go to mail delivery every other day.
Same amount of mail less gas used.
Half the routes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The other half Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
I don’t know anyone who looks “to the day” for something coming in the mail that couldn’t come a day later.
People who get their medications by mail, for one.
Waiting one day will affect them how?
What currently happens when they don’t get mail for two straight days due to holidays being on a Monday or Friday?
So the prescription would be shipped 1-2 days earlier to meet delivery date? I have been getting prescriptions by mail for 8 years and they always arrive at least a week or more before depletion of existing supply
My customers want their product YESTERDAY.
Who do you think will feel the repercussions
of this? ME!
Totally unacceptable.
That’s how UPS and Fed Ex got their foothold and it’s why they’re successful and make money.
If your “customers” are relying on “your product” via US mail, they have serious problems with the company.
I know someone who used to deliver mail years ago. He finished his route early and went to go help another carrier do his route. When it was about 4pm, he delivered mail to a house and the lady came out of her house and asked, “why are you delivering the mail so late?”. He said “LATE, no, this isn’t late, this is tomorrow’s mail!” 🤣 She was happy
They have non career employees called ccas that deliver packages 7 days a week.
Get rid of the wasteful and corrupt USPS
The Post Office has to go along with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid….buh bye-o
Nice try, but all but the dumbest mouth breathers already know that the post office has nothing to compare with social security and nobody’s going to get rid of social security
Turn it over to Amazon. They go everywhere already.
The postal service has overstayed its welcome and has no use anymore. All I get anymore is bs political mail and other solicitations. I haven’t trusted the postal service in years- ever since the mail ballot scheme and the employees stealing mail.
The USPS letter carrier in our neighborhood does a pretty good job. For the most part, same goes for the FedEx, UPS, Amazon delivery people.
No doubt modern tracking technology keeps them on their toes. But anyway overall they do a good job and like most people we depend on the service they provide.
If it’s a case of revenue shortfall raise the price of postage and let competition level things out.
But…..When a union gets involved and starts doing op-eds it often becomes a case of over promising-under delivering and advancing some political diatribe blaming any political party who they feel is gonna ask them to do a better job or demand some sort of accountability.
Teachers, cops, postal workers, gov’t employees and on-and on-and on. Just do your fucking job and quit the complaining.
Typical republican approach. Cripple it then say it doesn’t work.
Things that have never happened for $100, Alex.
Typical dem liberal deflection.
This is exactly the problem with the cancer known as unions. Everywhere large unions start to invade, they attach to more and more of the body, just like a cancer cell.
Untreated, it grows larger and larger inflicting more and more damage to the body(company)
Left untreated, it ultimately kills/destroys the body/company.
Examples: Public schools; American car companies; Federal government.
100% The union costs the post office ungodly amounts of money for grievances daily. The stories I could tell you would blow your mind.
Usps is the wnba of the USA.
One big difference. USPS doesn’t have ESPN/Disney to save it’s horrific product.
Privatizing increases cost. Have to make a profit. That’s hard for the brainwashed to understand.
Congrats on “DUMBEST COMMENT” of the day.
You’re projecting
I used to be a letter carrier. The postal service in itself isn’t bad. It’s not needed as much as it once was with the creation of email, online sites to pay bills and other delivery services like fed ex & ups. The problem is the union. They bleed them dry and they tie their hands. Once upon a time the postal union was needed in a big way. The treatment of the employees was horrible.
But nowadays, they are constantly defending the same lazy ass employees day in and day out. The guy that got caught stealing used ladies panties got his job back because the union fought it. There’s been people that get caught throwing mail away, get fired and get their job back… with BACK PAY!
They have so many rules that the managers miss stuff daily just trying to get all the mail out and then the union files a grievance and the employee gets paid extra money. You’d be amazed how much money they pay to the employees for grievances. And it’s usually for tiny things. The Kenosha post office has a special rule that most post offices don’t have. If an employee isn’t off the clock by 5:00 they get an extra $20 daily( I believe that’s the correct amount. It could be $25). So employees, especially the crappy ones, drag their feet and punch out at like 5:03. Oops. Sorry, I tried. It’s seriously insane how much “extra” money they collect.
They could make all the routes so they’re mounted boxes which would save them a fortune, be safer for the employees, and be less physical but that would create less routes so the union fights that also. They do “route counts” and the union wants you to walk slowly and not to cut through any yards. They encourage you take as many bathroom breaks and water breaks as possible. The longer it takes you the more routes it will be, therefore , the more Union due paying employees they’ll have. On the flip side, management tries to push them to go fast as possible. But they have to be careful of their wording or the Union will file a grievance that you’re pushing employees to be “unsafe” and they’ll get extra money for it.
I’m not gonna lie, it’s an extremely hard & physically demanding job. Most people think you’re walking around put some letters in the box and enjoying the weather. That couldn’t be any farther from the truth. Because of that, the union claims they’re needed. To protect the employee because managers will abuse them. And some managers probably would. But that’s because they’ve created rules that makes it damn near impossible to get all the mail and packages out daily but adhere to their rules. You can’t give anyone extra work(if it’s a heavy day or people called in) unless they’re on the volunteer list. Once they get through that list they ask for a volunteer. If nobody volunteers they can force people to work extra. But they better make sure they force the right people, or if it’s supposed to go to the sub or not, but don’t give them to much cause they better be back by 5:00 or cha-ching. Managers can not run it like a normal business would. It’s impossible. It could be but the union will never allow it.
I couldn’t be at.the.meeting. I hope we get an update