Postal employees and supporters on a four-day hunger strike targeted The Washington Post on Wednesday when about 10 protesters picketed in front of the newspaper’s downtown offices to criticize editorials on the U.S. Postal Service.
The activists took aim at an editorial view that has focused on technology, declining mail volume and high labor costs as the culprits behind the postal service’s escalating financial problems. The real problem, the protesters have argued all week in rallies at the Capitol and postal service headquarters, is Congress, which has not passed legislation to give the agency access to money that it has paid in excess into retiree health benefit and pension funds.
“We’re here to teach The Post a lesson,” said Jamie Partridge, a retired letter carrier from Portland, Ore., who flew to Washington to strike. “We feel like the paper is putting out misinformation.”
The protesters formed a circle on the sidewalk in front of The Post’s headquarters on 15th Street NW, holding signs that read: “Tell the truth! Not the internet, not the labor costs, Congress is starving the post office.”
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