Trump, in his last term, trumpeted his desire to privatize the United States Postal Service. He began that process by appointing a know-nothing Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, a man who would be guaranteed to kowtow to the Trump agenda. Now, as the President-elect is about to begin his second term, a “modernization” plan is in progress, which would cut thousands of USPS jobs. Hundreds of mail processing plants would be closed, replaced by mega-plants run by machines, not workers. Unions are fighting the plan, which would involve major commute overhauls for those workers that would still be in the system. There is even a Trump-like name for these changes: “Delivering for America”. Hardly. The process is in place where, as has been rampant in recent years in corporations, the jobs of humans are being replaced by machines; and public services across the board are on the chopping block.
Read the full story by Alexandra Bradbury for Jacobin, published: https://jacobin.com/2024/11/usps-unions-postal-workers-jobs
