Letter Carriers to Picket Postal Service HQ to Protest Outsourcing

Letter carriers from 18 states across the nation will demonstrate today at 2P in front of U.S. Postal Service headquarters. National Association of Letter Carriers President William H. Young will lead informational picketing to protest contracting out of city letter carriers jobs. Young and the letter carriers will be joined by members of Congress angered at the Postal Service’s decision to outsource mail delivery to both existing and future city letter carrier territory to private companies and individuals. The NALC and its supporters in Congress say contracting out will expose both residential and business postal customers to security problems, poor service, and a disjointed and unreliable delivery workforce. At the demonstration, Young plans to deliver a message to Postmaster General John E. Potter demanding a halt to the practice.