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.
Just make the post office a banking institution… This would be amazing for people who live in rural areas. We also need to revoke Monsanto’s patents so that farmers can distribute seed without worry of being sued.
It’d be quite nice if the USPS integrated GNU Taler as its banking system, were that to ever happen.
Since, in all likelihood, we will have to rebuild it from scratch, might as well do it right.