Mar— Quick update that more than 200,000 MoveOn members have already signed our petition to save the U.S. Postal Service, and we're now in touch with the American Postal Workers Union to strategize additional ways to support workers. Please take a minute to sign the petition. See the original email below.
Dear fellow MoveOn member,
The U.S. Postal Service is once again under attack by Republicans who want to bankrupt the Postal Service and allow private equity firms and global corporations to privatize the service, dismantle the agency, and profit further off of the American people.
Private companies won't deliver to certain remote areas because it's not profitable to do so, but the Postal Service is obligated to serve all Americans regardless of where they live— and, right now, the Postal Service is delivering lifesaving medications and food, supporting voting by mail in primary states, and helping other services necessary for our nation to continue to operate.
The United States Postal Service is one of our government's oldest and most reliable entities. And mail service has been a lifeline for many Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
However, because of the pandemic, the agency could run out of cash by the end of September, if Congress fails to act.1 Democrats have been pressing for weeks to fully fund the Postal Service, but the Trump administration recently blocked a bipartisan attempt to fund the agency.2
For years, conservatives have tried to push mail service toward privatization—either by setting highly prescriptive loan terms or by essentially forcing it into bankruptcy.
Sign the petition to save the United States Postal Service.
During the last privatization fight, Senator Bernie Sanders said, "If the goal of the Postal Service is to make as much money as possible, tens of millions of people, particularly low-income people and people in rural areas, will see a decline in or doing away with basic mail services."3
Just a few days ago, Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "I'm calling on Congress to act swiftly to shore up USPS so that everyone can continue to receive essential medicines and supplies, and as many Americans as possible can vote from home."4
Please join with us and demand that Congress and the White House fully fund the United States Postal Service in the next stimulus bill.
Thanks!
–Matthew Hildreth, RuralOrganizing.org
Sources:
1. "White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered by coronavirus," The Washington Post, April 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/119602?t=12&akid=261991%2E10220574%2EtCd2U0
2. "The debate over a post office bailout, explained," Vox, April 12, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/119598?t=15&akid=261991%2E10220574%2EtCd2U0
3. "Bernie Sanders Is to Deliver a Commonsense Plan to Save the Postal Service," The Nation, June 7, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/119597?t=17&akid=261991%2E10220574%2EtCd2U0
4. Tweet by Elizabeth Warren, April 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/119599?t=19&akid=261991%2E10220574%2EtCd2U0
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