Humorous postal worker video makes serious point

The American Postal Workers Union has produced a humorous new commercial (see video) that reminds the public that the postal service is supported by postage and charges for package delivery and not tax dollars, called “We Deliver Almost Anything.” U.S. Postal Service employees, joined by community supporters, will engage postal customers outside post offices and leaflet at more than 100 locations from coast-to-coast today – Tax Day -- to make it clear that USPS takes no tax dollars. “Our message to the public is quite simple,” said APWU president Mark Dimondstein, “The United States Postal Service — Keep it. It’s yours!” Postal workers are sounding an alarm and pushing back against a proposal – announced last June by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – to privatize the U.S. Postal Service.