Rally against dismantling Postal Service held in Falmouth
A rally was held Sunday afternoon in front of the Falmouth post office on Main Street to protest against dismantling of the U.S. Postal Service.
Thousands of postal workers and their supporters rallied across the nation over the weekend to protest proposals to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service over the long term and a USPS agreement to work with Elon Musk’s team to trim 10,000 jobs in the next few weeks.
The rallies came after President Donald Trump said he was considering a plan to merge the independent agency with the Commerce Department − and Musk suggested the agency be privatized. National Association of Letter Carriers President Brian Renfroe, speaking at a rally in Los Angeles, angrily rejected plans to privatize or slash jobs at the agency.
“We had an election in November, and some people voted for President Trump, and some people voted for Vice President Harris, some people voted for othre candidates,” Renfroe said. “But you know what none of them voted for? To dismantle the Postal Service.”
Social media posts showed rallies from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Indiana, Missouri and Florida to New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Popular hashtags included #fightlikehell and #hellno.
“We’re trying to alert the public, the people of the country, that our postal services are truly in danger,” American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein said at a rally in Washington. “This is not a one-off day, this is the beginning of an ongoing fight.”
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy notified Congress last week that he has signed an agreement with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to eliminate the jobs and otherwise address the “big problems” USPS faces. USPS, an independent government agency, employs 635,000 workers and lost about $9.5 billion last year.
DeJoy’s letter drew outrage from some Democrats. Reps. Maxine Waters, Sydney Kamlager-Doveand Jimmy Gomez of California appeared with Renfroe at the Los Angeles rally. Rep. Gerald Connolly, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said the “chainsaw approach” of DOGE employees trying to cut spending has been shielded from transparency and accountability.
“Congress and the American people have a right to know the full details of the agreement, the extent to which you have enabled DOGE to apply its chainsaw approach to America’s most trusted institution and how the actions of DOGE employees will undermine lifesaving services, expose sensitive taxpayer data and contribute to other unlawful activity,” Connolly said.