Paul Felton, Retiree Chapter 480-481, has written this poem for our National Day of Action on Nov. 14, 2014
It’s time for us to take a stand
Postal Workers throughout the land
With all 4 unions acting as one
Fighting the bosses who would run
The Postal Service into the ground
With practices that are not sound
Driving customers from our door
To use instead the Staples store
And common sense says that they can’t
Shut down many a processing plant
The mail that once came the next day
Will suffer inevitable delay
At dispatch time the boss will say
That’s enough sorting for today
Tho mail still sits there in a pile
Next day delivery is out of style
For this mail they won’t hold the truck
It seems they just don’t give a
Minute’s thought to those who wait
For the mail to come, no matter how late
They won’t even bring it to your door
They’ll make you walk a few blocks or more
And they’re still trying to do away
With mail service on Saturday
This policy impacts all our jobs
While at the same time surely robs
The public that we proudly serve
Of the mail service they deserve
So together we’ll take to the street
In order to turn up the heat
On those who want the service to fail
We’ll fight to protect America’s mail
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