Pro-USPS Demonstrators Deliver Cookies To Wayne Postal Workers

WAYNE, NJ — Generally, a line of 70 people outside the post office would indicate a long wait time, and probably the start of a bad day.

On Friday in Wayne, however, roughly 70 people lined the street outside the Valley Road Post Office in a show of solidarity for the United States Postal Service.

The USPS has been hamstrung by new policies instituted by newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in recent weeks, which led to protests across the state which attempted to organize to "Save Our Mail, Save Our Vote."

Dianne Douthat, the Lead Organizer of Our Revolution Passaic County, read a statement from the AARP citing concern about delayed medication and social security deliveries.

On Aug. 7, AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond signed a letter to DeJoy which not only asked him to delay any changes that could impact delivery times, but even asked for a cost-benefit analysis of operational changes that have been made.

"While AARP shares your goal of ensuring the United States Postal Service operates in an effective and efficient manner, we urge you to suspend any adjustments that could negatively affect service during the pandemic," read the letter.

"Further, we urge the Postal Service to be more forthcoming and transparent regarding any changes, including a more detailed cost-benefit analysis of the operational changes you have made and will be making to assure timely delivery of all mail, including election-related mail."

Co-Executive Director of NJ 11th for Change Leslie Brockol also read a statement from Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, who has been critical of recent efforts to undermine the postal service, going so far as to call President Donald Trump's intentions to sabotage mail-in-voting "shameful and unpatriotic."

The day ended on an uplifting note, Douthat said.

"We also delivered cookies to the workers at the Post Office on Valley Road, to thank them for everything they do, and have done, during this Pandemic to get our mail and packages to us," she said.