SANDWICH — As part of nationwide events dubbed #SaveThePostOffice that were organized by the American Postal Workers Union over 50 participants stood outside the Center Sandwich Post Office last Saturday with placards and homemade signs.
The protests were spurred by service cuts and other actions taken by Postmaster Louis DeJoy — a Trump appointee — such as removing mail sorting machines and eliminating overtime for postal workers.
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