Our Revolution, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), and allies led a flagship rally in Washington, D.C., as part of hundreds of coordinated actions nationwide opposing Trump’s hostile takeover and privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.

Postal workers and community members held banners declaring, “The U.S. Mail Is Not For Sale" and "Stop Trump & the Oligarchs" outside of the Curseen-Morris Processing & Distribution Center in Washington, DC, as leaders called for the USPS to remain independent, publicly funded, and free from corporate interests. Similar protests took place across the country.

In this video, Aarion Brown, APWU National Support Services Director led attendees in chants and reminded rally-goers that this month marks 55 years since the postal strike of 1970 and over a decade since they triumphed in the Stop Staples campaign, which sought to outsource postal work to Staples workers.

"Now we are in 2025, we have another fight on our hands. We have an Administration that is more or less rogue... We have seen what they have done for the last two months, and a month ago we got word that this might be coming to the postal service. We got word that the postal service might be put under the Department of Commerce, illegally -- because the postal service is an independent agency."

Supporters of the Trump Administration's current proposed reforms argue that restructuring the USPS could help address long-term financial challenges. Those who oppose privatization, however, argue that it could lead to the loss of essential services and significant job cuts, with higher rates for consumers and diminished access to mail services in rural and underserved areas.