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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Postal Workers & Activists Go on Hunger Strike to Protest Budget Cuts

In an effort to bring attention to the financial plight of the Unites States Postal Service (USPS) and to fight calls for its privatization, 10 postal workers, activists, and supporters announced on Monday that they would be staging a four-day hunger strike.

“The strikers will make their stand days before the postal service makes changes that will end overnight delivery of up to 20 percent of the country’s first-class mail, as mail-sorting hubs are shuttered,” writes the Washington Post’s Lisa Rein.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) joined the protesters on Capitol Hill for their big announcement (which nobody saw because everyone was watching the Supreme Court this morning) and offered words of encouragement.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Most need to lose weight anyway.

Anonymous said...

boohoo. The less municipal sponges the better.

Anonymous said...

One of my letter carriers drives up to my house, delivers my mail, gets back in the vehicle and drives 20 FT (NO JOKE) to my neighbors house. Let them eat cake!