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Thousands join day of action

On Tuesday August 25, thousands of people took action at hundreds of events across the country to save the Post Office.

From large events in big cities to gatherings outside village post offices, communities across America came out to protest the mail slowdown policies instituted by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and to demand that the U.S. Senate vote for to approve at least $25 billion in COVID-19 related aid for the Post Office.

As well as raising public awareness, the events resulted in hundreds of local news stories and built more pressure on our senators to pass much-needed legislation to save the Postal Service.

Many of the day’s event organizers were undertaking the task for the first time.

“Speakers included a local high school history teacher, a child who stays in touch with her uncle by mail, a woman whose postal worker mailed her masks when forwarding her mail to Florida, a woman whose goddaughter was unable to speak for years due to trauma and formed her relationships with people entirely through letters until she was able to speak,” said the organizer of the High Falls, New York rally.

Meanwhile, Dariece in Vallejo, California turned out despite the heavy smoke of wildfires: “It was an awesome day yesterday! Even though air quality was poor because of smoke from the fires here in California, we were a mighty group of 10! We had two retired postal workers join us from 20 and 30 miles away.”

“People honked, yelled and waved to show their support. Some people didn’t know the post office was in jeopardy and we were able to make them aware of what’s happening and what is at stake. It was a beautiful day of community, symbolic of what the post office has been doing for centuries: bringing people together!”

For many people who hosted a rally, it was their first time undertaking such a task. “I called a contact and asked if they could come out for an hour. Once I had someone with me, I hosted the event. Then people started signing up. It was that simple. I printed up some leaflets and we were ready to go,” reported Ken in Malden, Massachusetts.

These are just some tweets, photos and posts from the events. More photos are coming soon at APWU Flickr.  Also, check this twitter thread for more details of the event.

 

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