Stolen mail and physical assaults: Postal workers in Compton decry violence on the job
1 year, 2 months ago

Stolen mail and physical assaults: Postal workers in Compton decry violence on the job

LA Times  

Postal Service letter carriers rally at the USPS Compton main office to call attention to robberies and physical assaults they’ve experienced. Lee, 62, of Torrance, has struggled with his memory since the March assault, saying his brain feels “like it’s shut down.” He retired — earlier than he wanted to — after three decades of carrying mail for the Postal Service. Postal Service letter carriers rally at the USPS Compton main office on Wednesday to call attention to robberies and physical assaults they’ve experienced locally and across the nation. The signs they carried read: “Enough is Enough — Protect Our Letter Carriers.” Brian Renfroe, president of the postal workers’ union, said the violence is perplexing because letter carriers have been able to walk down “the meanest streets of the country without a problem” for the nearly 250 years since the Postal Service formed.

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