Letter Carriers Protest Job Outsourcing

In the past, only sprawling, underpopulated areas of Florida were handed over to private carriers who hired workers at low wages and offered no benefits. Today, the most sought-after high-rise developments are being taken away from NALC members and given to nonunion workers.

The Florida and New Jersey demonstrations are part of many planned throughout the nation to bring the attention of the public to this new policy that could diminish service to postal customers and endanger the future viability of the Postal Service.

NALC President William Young said letter carriers in Florida and New Jersey:

have witnessed first-hand this destructive policy of the Postal Service to outsource the delivery of mail to low-wage, no-benefit, part-time contractors instead of career government employees who have gained the trust and respect of American families for the past 118 years.