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Did you know:

  • The National Organization for Women has received more than 50 complaints of harassment and discrimination from postal workers in 15 different states.
  • In San Antonio, Texas, 22 women and one man report sexual harassment, sex discrimination and retaliation for filing complaints or testifying on a co-worker’s behalf, at the hands of local U.S. Postal Service management.
  • Four women postal employees in New York claim they have endured retaliatory actions as a result of sexual harassment complaints.
  • Several women postal workers in California report sexual harassment, sex and race discrimination, wrongful termination and even rape.  They also claim retaliation from management for filing complaints.
  • More than 900,000 people are employed by the U.S. Postal Service. While postal workers comprise less than a third of the federal workforce,  they file half of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaints.
  • NOW has named the United States Postal Service a Merchant of Shame. NOW activists across the country are letting consumers know about the allegations of abuse.

You can help!

  • Contact the postmaster general and demand an end to harassment and discrimination in the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).  Write to: Postmaster General William J. Henderson, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C. 20260 or call (202) 268-2000. Visit www.now.org/cards and send your holiday cards via e-mail, instead of using the USPS monopoly. 
  • Consider using other carriers when you send holiday packages.  When you use the USPS to send a letter, please mark the envelope with an anti-discrimination message.
  • Join NOW and support our Women-Friendly Workplace campaign!

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