While shouting “U.S. Mail is not for sale,” members of the American Postal Workers Union and supporters gathered outside the downtown main Post Office on Thursday morning March 20, 2025.
They rallied in opposition to potential Trump administration moves to privatize the U.S. Postal Service, and also Postmaster Louis DeJoy, who resigned on Monday.
DeJoy had just announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs and slash billions from the USPS budget in collaboration with Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a letter sent to Congress earlier this month.
Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union (APSU) president said the change of postmasters will not deter Trump’s plans.
“Beware of a White House intent on breaking up and selling off the public United States Postal Service,” he told CNN.
“I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, this attack on the USPS is part of the ongoing coup by oligarchs against the vital public services APWU members and other public servants provide to the country. Privatized postal services will lead to higher postage prices, and a lower quality of service to the public.”
William “Bill” Bradley, APWU St. Louis Gateway District Area Local 8 president, said in a release, “Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service will destroy 600,000 good union jobs [and] the USPS is the largest civilian employer of veterans.
“The U.S. Postal Service delivers to every address in the country. That’s 169 million addresses and 318 million pieces of mail per day, no matter who you are or where you live.”