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Dimondstein pointed out more than five decades ago, postal workers won collective bargaining rights. He stressed the union is prepared to fight back on any attempt to weaken union rights or target worker protections and working conditions.

“It’s also very important, I think, for the public to be reminded that good living-wage jobs help our communities,” Dimondstein added. “They help make them stronger. That’s good jobs, turnover in the community to restaurants to small retail stores to housing.”

According to the union, privatization would eliminate more than 600,000 living-wage union jobs, including more than 70,000 military veterans.

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