23-03-2025
Portland postal workers to rally, march downtown
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As part of an ongoing nationwide effort to rally support, United States postal workers in Portland are holding a march Sunday to decry any potential move to privatize the mail service.
Postal workers, union officials and community leaders are expected to take part in the rally that begins at 12:30 p.m. at Salmon Street Springs in downtown Portland. They're expected to march to Pioneer Courthouse Square as part of the rally.
This is at least the second time in a month that Portland postal workers have held a very visible rally. Portland postal workers, union leaders and local politicians joined a nationwide 'Fight Like Hell' rally to demand fair wages and protest proposed changes to the USPS by President Trump.
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This past Thursday, the thousands of workers in all sections of the country held rallies in more than 250 locations in what they called the 'National Day of Action to Defend the Public Postal Service.'
On March 14, the and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he'll do that working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress.
DOGE will assist USPS with addressing 'big problems' at the $78 billion-a-year agency, which has sometimes struggled in recent years to stay afloat. The agreement also includes the General Services Administration in an effort to help the Postal Service identify and achieve 'further efficiencies.'
Critics of the agreement fear negative effects of the cuts will be felt across America. Democratic U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia, who was sent the letter, said turning over the Postal Service to DOGE would result in it being undermined and privatized.
'This capitulation will have catastrophic consequences for all Americans — especially those in rural and hard-to-reach areas — who rely on the Postal Service every day to deliver mail, medications, ballots, and more,' he said in a statement.
tasked with making deliveries from inner cities to rural areas and even far-flung islands.
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