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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 8, 2018, 09:08 PM Oct 2018

Postal workers rally against privatization [View all]

CEDAR FALLS -- Rain did not keep postal workers from protesting outside Rep. Rod Blum’s Cedar Falls office Monday -- a postal holiday.

Mail workers across the nation protested a proposal by the Trump administration to privatize the Postal Service. Around 80 retired and current postal workers and their families took to Main Street chanting, “U.S. Mail, not for sale!”

“We’re out here today because there is a real threat of privatization of the United States Postal Service,” said Tom Kinn, National Association of Letter Carriers branch 512 president and a letter carrier in Waterloo.

Postal workers came out with a nonbinding resolution in July, H.R. 993, opposing the sale of the post office. Unbeknownst to most protesters Monday, Blum signed on as a co-sponsor Friday.

Read more: https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/postal-workers-rally-against-privatization/article_e6546244-8567-50df-aecb-35eb1a5dee5a.html

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