USPS Hunger Strike Day 4: "Arrest the Postmaster!"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The 4-day hunger strike by postal service workers ended dramatically Thursday when over 100 demonstrators -- including a sizable contingent from an Occupy caravan -- stormed the USPS headquarters demanding the arrest of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe for slashing postal services and jobs. One protester was hauled away by police while several staged an impromptu sitdown and the rest faced off against a line of police blocking the front doors of the Postal Service. "No justice, no peace," they chanted, and "Hey hey, Ho ho, Donahoe has got to go!" NALC Branch 3825 President Ken Lerch said the four-day protest had succeeded "beyond the wildest dreams" of organizers. "Media from coast to coast finally reported the truth about the ongoing attack on our nation's postal service," Lerch said. Local chapters of the Community & Postal Workers United are already springing up across the country to continue the effort to fight service cutbacks and save jobs, Lerch said. - report by Chris Garlock; photos by Julia Kann