postal workers immediately point you had out that part of the plan would entail offloading more mail carrying operations to private companies in a way that is specifically designed to slow mail down even further. so that s what that postal worker, mike bates, was saying, that his boss had no idea about. have no idea what we mail carriers do. you see the signs over his shoulder there. when mike bates made those remarks, he was at a protest, he was at an informational picket. postal workers held a rally in des moines, iowa, earlier this year to protest these new changes to the way the post office operates. they stood outside the post office chanting raise hell, save your mail. they say cutback, we re saying fightback. they made signs that said dejoy equals delays, stop dejoy, save usps. you might remember us covering this. this was in may of this year.
postal workers immediately pointed out that part of the plan would entail offloading more mail carrying operations to private companies in a way that is specifically designed to slow mail down even further. so, that s what that postal worker, mike bates, was saying, that his boss had no idea about, no idea what we mail carriers do. you see the signs over his shoulder there. when mike bates made those remarks, he was at a protest. he was at an informational picket. postal workers held a rally in des moines, iowa, earlier this year to protest these new proposed changes to the way the post office operates. they stood outside the post office chanting, raise hell, save your mail. they say, cut back, we say, fight back. they say, cut back. we say, fight back. they made signs that say, dejoy equals delays. stop dejoy, save usps. you might remember us covering this.
they say cut back, we say fight back! they made signs that said things like dejoy, equals delays. and stoppage oil. save usps. and it wasn t just postal workers who showed up for. they had a live stream set up why we re people can explain why it was important to them to keep delivery standards high. because it s the people service. why we all need the mail. on home and on time. this man for example is an advocate for retirees in iowa. for people who rely on the mail to get delivered on time to get their medications and hustles necessities. he took he called the slowdown of the u.s. mail a threat to seniors. and it is. because all these people out there still rally in to save the post office because the guy who messed up is still in office and is now proposing major new changes that will mess it up even further. and all those folks are rallying in iowa this week not just to catch the attention of louis joy. they were there to try to catch
back. they made signs that say things like dejoy equals delays and stop dejoy, save usps. and it wasn t just postal workers who showed up for it. they had a live stream where people could explain why it was important to them to keep delivery standards high, because it s the people s service, why we all need the mail on home and on time. this man, for example, is an advocate for retirees in iowa. for people who rely on the mail being delivered on time to get their medications and household necessities. he called the slowdown of the u.s. mail a threat to the well-being of seniors, and it is. all these people out there are still rallying to save the post office because the guy who messed it up is still in office and is now proposing major new changes that will mess it up even further. all those folks were rallying in iowa this week not just to catch the attention of louis dejoy, they were there to try to catch the attention of the broader