Mike Gallagher Addresses 'March for Bernie'
February 28, 2016
Eastern Region Coordinator Mike Gallagher spoke to a huge crowd at a "March for Bernie" rally in Pittsburgh on Feb. 27. Members of the Pittsburgh Metro Area Local attended.
"Pennsylvania’s primary is still two months away," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, "but at least 750 supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders didn’t wait for a visit from their candidate to hold a march and rally on his behalf Saturday."
"It was a great crowd mostly made up of young people and the atmosphere was up-tempo and electric," Gallagher said.
At the rally, Gallagher spoke about "how Bernie has been our best advocate and supportive on every issue" of concern to postal workers – post office closures, the Postal Service's privatization deal with Staples, lower service standards, postal banking, and workers' struggle to get a good contract. Gallagher also discussed the Vermont senator's support for Social Security and Medicare, and his fight against income inequality, free trade agreements that are bad for workers.
