Postal service unions stage nationwide protests against DOGE, privatization

Union leaders pledge new era of militancy

Unions representing some 640,000 employees that buoy the United States Postal Service held rallies across the country last week amid what union leaders say is an unprecedented assault on the 250-year-old service by the Trump administration. Workers have long seen the privatization of USPS as an existential threat to their livelihoods, and with the rise of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, employees are standing up and speaking out. 

Thousands of postal clerks, maintenance workers, mechanics and support staff from more than 200 locals of the American Postal Workers Union gathered for lunchtime rallies March 20 to raise awareness about the threats facing the service. APWU’s National Day of Action was organized in reaction to increasing threats to privatize portions of USPS and cut the workforce, said Ron Suslak, president of the APWU Queens area local.