(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From Portland, Oregon to Miami and from Chicago to Washinton, D.C., tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday (July 28th) in a Union-organized campaign to save the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by pressuring Congress to give it a temporary financial lifeline while keeping it out of the clutches of Wall Street and the billionaire class.

Organized by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the campaign drew both active Unionists, Retirees, families, and friends from Postal Unions, Central Labor Councils, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and other Unions.

“The U.S. Postal Service is not a business, it’s a service” to the people of the U.S. and should be treated that way, declared Nannette Corley, the long-time former President of APWU Local 3630 in Montgomery County, Maryland.

“It’s a service for the community,” Corley said.

Which is not how President Donald Trump, his corporate and financial backers, new Trump-named Postmaster General David Steiner - the former CEO of Waste Management - or the Trump nominees to the USPS Governing Board see it.

The USPS foes see billions of dollars in red ink, too many workers, too many Post Offices, too much service - including Saturday mail delivery - and too little opportunities for them to profit.

The APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the Postal Mail Handlers and two smaller Unions are additional targets for them.

These Unions represent the Nation’s 600,000 USPS workers, most of whom are People of Color, Women, Veterans, or combinations of those characteristics.

And more than 80% are Unionized.

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