National Association of Letter Carriers protest nationwide to protect USPS jobs
Source: News4JAX
Dozens of mail carriers and community members protested against proposed changes to the United States Postal Service at a Jacksonville post office on Sunday. They said their mission is to protect the jobs of 640,000 employees, which includes 73,000 veterans.
This comes after Elon Musk said he believes the postal service needs to be privatized during a conference. The postmaster general also told Congress the USPS plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs over the next 30 days. President Donald Trump has mentioned the possibility of moving the USPS under the United States Department of Commerce and its caused an uproar because it has been its own entity since 1970.
James Thigpenn, the current president of the Jacksonville National Association of Letter Carriers chapter said he fears what this could mean for everyone.
“It’s going to add a lot more fees and more taxes to the postal service and the price for getting the parcels delivered would not be regulated by federal law and it could go through the roof,” Thigpenn said.
Read more: https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/03/23/national-association-of-letter-carriers-protest-nationwide-to-protect-usps-jobs/
There were similar protests similar to Jacksonville's at various post offices across the country. More info at the National Association of Letter Carriers website: https://www.nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell
A reminder: the post office is a public SERVICE, like the fire department and police department.
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