Postal workers and their supporters hold up signs at a rally in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, to protest a proposal announced in June by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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CHICAGO (AP) - Postal workers and their supporters spent part of the Columbus Day holiday protesting what they see as a White House push to make the U.S. Postal Service private.
In Chicago, workers rallied Monday near a downtown post office, carrying signs reading "U.S. Mail, Not For Sale" and "We Belong To The People, Not Corporate America."
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump established a task force to study why the Postal Service is losing money. His executive order said it is on "an unsustainable financial path and must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout." But no final decisions have been made yet.
In Washington, American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein told a crowd that privatization will mean less service and higher costs to taxpayers.
Postal workers and their supporters hold up signs at a rally in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, to protest a proposal announced in June by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to postal workers and their supporters at a rally in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, during a protest against a proposal announced in June by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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American Postal Workers Union president Mark Dimondstein speaks at a rally to oppose a plan by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to sell off the U.S. Postal Service to corporate interests, at Freedom Plaza, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., speaks at a rally to oppose a plan by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to sell off the U.S. Postal Service to corporate interests, at Freedom Plaza, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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American Postal Workers Union president Mark Dimondstein pumps his fist while speaking at a rally to oppose a plan by the White House's Office of Management and Budget to sell off the U.S. Postal Service to corporate interests, at Freedom Plaza, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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