{"id":20990,"date":"2021-10-21T20:33:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/?p=20990"},"modified":"2021-11-15T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:41:42","slug":"during-striketober-standing-up-for-a-usps-that-benefits-consumers-and-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/defending_usps\/","title":{"rendered":"During ‘Striketober,’ standing up for a USPS that benefits consumers and workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Eden Iscil, Public Policy Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers across America are\u00a0taking action\u00a0to hold employers accountable for\u00a0low pay and poor working conditions.\u00a0In what\u2019s being called \u201cStriketober,\u201d 10,000 John Deere employees, 14,000 Kellogg\u2019s workers, and 24,000 Kaiser Permanente staff have\u00a0<\/span>gone on strike<\/span><\/a>. Additionally, 60,000 film and television workers belonging to IATSE threatened to withhold their labor, resulting in a deal for\u00a0<\/span>more favorable contracts<\/span><\/a>. At NCL, we\u00a0support workers advocating for better conditions and compensation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While it is generating fewer headlines, the actions of\u00a0US Postal Service employees are just as important for consumer and worker welfare. Recent\u00a0<\/span>postal worker\u00a0employee protests<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Minneapolis highlight the\u00a0indispensable\u00a0public service these workers provide to millions of Americans daily.\u00a0Those protests were prompted by a visit from Postmaster General Louis\u00a0DeJoy,\u00a0who is infamous for his\u00a02020\u00a0attempt to\u00a0<\/span>degrade mail services<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at the same time that\u00a0COVID-19 necessitated mail-in voting for millions of Americans.\u00a0Importantly,\u00a0DeJoy\u00a0has come under\u00a0renewed\u00a0scrutiny for his\u00a0<\/span>10-year plan<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0which would\u00a0lead to significantly\u00a0delayed\u00a0mail deliveries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the importance of delivering mail promptly, we urge Congress and the Biden Administration to take a more active role in preventing Postmaster General DeJoy\u2019s continued attacks on the Postal Service. Millions of Americans rely on the Postal Service for delivery of life-saving medication, receipt of their veterans and Social Security checks, and other important mail. Unfortunately, the impacts of DeJoy\u2019s 10-year plan are likely to\u00a0<\/span>disproportionately affect<\/span><\/a>\u00a0rural communities and\u00a0older Americans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We know such policies are harmful to everyday Americans from the many times they were previously attempted.\u00a0Following\u00a0DeJoy\u2019s\u00a0plans for a mail slowdown in 2020,\u00a0veterans were forced to find\u00a0<\/span>alternative access<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to their medications\u00a0and\u00a0350 million pieces of\u00a0mail were\u00a0<\/span>delayed<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0We need to challenge\u00a0such regressive\u00a0policies\u00a0that are\u00a0implemented\u00a0at an enormous cost to consumers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The threat that DeJoy\u2019s recommendations pose to efficient U.S. mail delivery has been known since the summer of 2020. Congress and the Administration must act to get USPS back on the right track.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In what\u2019s being called \u201cStriketober,\u201d 10,000 John Deere employees, 14,000 Kellogg\u2019s workers, and 24,000 Kaiser Permanente staff have\u00a0gone on strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[314,14,419,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20992,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20990\/revisions\/20992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}