Using a lively boycott, postal workers in the U.S. recently halted the outsourcing of their work to the low-wage office retailer Staples. Meanwhile Canadian postal workers used community canvassing and creative direct action to save door-to-door delivery. While privatizers attack, postal unions are fighting to expand and improve public postal services to serve the common good through measures like postal banking, vote by mail, and “greening” postal vehicles.
