(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 

(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 

(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 

By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell

(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 

By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell

(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 

By Vice President Debby Szeredy

Let’s talk about the facts. Here I am, a union postal worker. What will happen if I don’t step up and help mobilize my co-workers and my community to stop privatization?

The free market plan is to privatize any and all areas that are vital to the American public. We have seen how privatization affects us. Examples of privatization include: our health care system, water and sewer services, bus and transit systems, parking meters, tolls, roads and bridges, prison systems, mortgage and pay day loans, student loans, deregulation of fossil fuels that pollute our planet, and the money in politics (dark money) that helps to fund candidates who will work hard to privatize public services.