We are a rank-and-file committee focused on empowering postal workers to have a real voice on the job. Through unity and mutual support, we fight for fairness, dignity and respect in the workplace.
The United States Postal Service has continuously turned a blind eye to egregious safety hazards in its facilities across the country. Inadequately maintained HVAC systems, mold and mildew, disease-carrying pests, asbestos and uncleared walkways and parking lots are just few of the ongoing threats to workers’ safety.
This did not come out of nowhere. Decades of disastrous economic policy and the prioritization of war and corporate interests over the needs of working people have caused the current financial crisis within the United States Postal Service. Management is suspending employer contributions to our pensions, turning our retirement money into a slush fund.
This manufactured “liquidity emergency” is the product of the 1971 corporatization of the service and recent restructuring programs such as “Delivering for America,” which have increased precarious non‑career staffing, intensified workloads, and produced unsafe workplaces and massive losses in first‑class mail revenue. Meanwhile, management and both parties in Congress demand further austerity.
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