Everyone,

All Postal Employees are now under the very real threat of Privatization. The Trump Administration under Elon Musk now has access to "assist" Postmaster DeJoy in the ongoing efforts to make the Institution more efficient.  President Trump is poised to issue an Executive Order that would eliminate the Postal Service as we know it and transfer all property to the Commerce Department.  This means the Postal Service would no longer exist.  For you that means we no longer have a contract, or the protections that provides. Our Contracts are with the US Postal Service, when that disappears so do our contracts. 

The threat is real, and we need to educate the public on what that means for them. Universal service disappears, consumer price protections are eliminated, letter mail could completely disappear (happening in other countries now), rural communities are no longer guaranteed delivery.  On March 20th the IPWU is organizing several informational pickets in the State: Cedar Rapids, Perry, Ottumwa, and Waterloo from 11-1, flyer attached.  Please plan to join these events.  If that is not possible, make your own event.  Print the Hands Off our Postal Service informational flyer and use your lunch breaks or off days to stand on the sidewalk outside your local Post Office and hand them out.  You do not need permission from your Postmaster and as long as you stay on the public sidewalk and do not interfere with the customers ability to do business there is nothing they can say to you for exercising your right to Free Speech.  REMEBER YOU CAN NOT BE IN UNIFORM so take a change of clothes or wear a cout to cover up the emblem and anything else that looks official. The Postal Service belongs to the people and if we can get the people to stand up against Privatization we have a chance to thwart the corporate interests chomping at the bit to take over and profit from this move.

apwu.org/day-of-action is where you can find the hand out materials and learn about the messaging we are promoting to gain community support.

Your jobs are on the line!