U.S. Postal Service workers protest on LI against potential privatization
Demonstrators gather outside the post office on East Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station on Sunday. Credit: Rick Kopstein
Letter carriers troubled over the prospect of the U.S. Postal Service's privatization by the Trump administration protested outside a Huntington Station post office on Sunday, chanting "U.S. mail, not for sale."
Hundreds lined up outside the post office on East Jericho Turnpike to share their discontent at the rally organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers union after President Donald Trump said he was considering transferring the independent postal service into the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The U.S. Postal Service has been an independent agency in the executive branch since 1971. Some labor unions and other experts see the prospect of the agency being folded into the U.S. Department of Commerce as a step toward USPS privatization. That could endanger postal workers' jobs, they say, and could mean a reduction in important deliveries such as ballots and medications, particularly in rural areas where the costs of services are greater.
Tiffany Cusaac-Smith is a general assignment reporter for Newsday. She previously worked at USA TODAY and is an alum of Howard University.
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