Today at 3 ET: Save the US Postal Service! Build a rank-and-file movement against privatization!

At stake is not just the future of USPS as a public entity, but the democratic and social rights of everyone.

The United States Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee is holding a public meeting today, Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss how to fight against the privatization of USPS. We urge postal workers, workers in other industries, students and other supporters to attend this important meeting to discuss how to organize a fight to defend the Postal Service. Register here. Register The postal service is an arm of the federal government that has served each and every home in America since the Revolutionary War 250 years ago. We have to fight to ensure that mail continues to be delivered to every mailbox in America, on time, six days a week, by federal employees. What's at stake At stake is not just the future of USPS as a public entity, but the democratic and social rights of everyone. At stake is whether this country will become a dictatorship. The selection of FedEx Board member David Steiner as the new Postmaster General is a declaration of all-out war against more than 600,000 postal workers. His top priority will be to destroy USPS and privatize whatever can make money for Fedex and other huge corporations. Once Steiner takes office, an agency of the federal government will effectively become a subsidiary of FedEx. Coming amid the jobs slaughter by oligarch Elon Musk, this shows once again that the present government is of, by and for the oligarchy. The result is collapsing infrastructure, as shown by the Newark Airport air traffic outages, and mass layoffs in both the public and private sector. At UPS, 20,000 more layoffs have been announced as a result of Trump's tariffs. Workers have no choice but to fight. This would mean tens of thousands more job losses, even deeper cuts to pay and more overwork than what we already deal with. Automation will be used to destroy countless more jobs, beginning with the distribution centers. For the public, it will mean higher prices and massive delays.  We can fight back with a movement from below, from the working class. We are the majority, we create the world's wealth and we have no interest in privatization and dictatorship. Only mass action, including a general strike, can force a stop to Trump's conspiracies. A new movement must be built on a world scale. The USPS Workers RFC is part of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees. Through the IWA-RFC, it collaborates with other committees around the world, including of postal workers in Canada and Europe. Today's meeting will lay the framework for a movement in defense of the postal service. Sign up today to hear from workers across the country, postal workers around the world and discuss strategy and perspective. Register World Socialist Web Site We're powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely on your financial support and your participation. © Copyright 2025, World Socialist Web Site, wsws.org. All rights reserved.