U.S. Postal workers held rallies across the country yesterday, warning of what they call substandard

performance by the U.S. Postal Service.

The rallies were organized by the American Postal Workers Union, which is calling for the public's help and

demanding improved staffing for postal workers, better customer service, and

more opportunity for public input. All of this comes ahead of the presidential election where

millions of Americans will be voting by mail. Mark Dimonstein is president of

the American Postal Workers Union and he joins us now now it's great to have you here

great to be here thanks so much so the Postal Service says it's committed to the

secure and timely delivery of election mail and ballots in this election season. Is the Postal Service up to the job?

We believe they are. Postal workers are absolutely dedicated to our mission in general and

specifically around making sure that the people

of this country have that kind of access to the ballot box and they're cherished

right to vote on a nonpartisan basis that the Postal Service can bring to the people of this country.

It's interesting in 2020, almost half the people in the country voted by mail, in the midterms.

About a third of the people voted by mail. It works. It's not fraudulent.

Everything says that, the audits, the recounts.

Vote by mail is a great way to vote.

It increases participation. Makes it easier for people to vote.

I'm a lucky one. I get a ballot automatically to my home in Washington, D.C.

and my wife and I can vote at the kitchen table.

And so we encourage people to have full confidence in the

Postal Service and the postal workers that will get their ballots there.

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