'We have lost some employees. They have resigned after bring robbed. Some of them are still out and have not come back because of the post traumatic stress of bring robbed,' said Edward Fletcher, head of the regional National Association of Letter Carriers.
A heartfelt plea from postal workers in the East Bay. On Thursday, the local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers held a rally to draw attention to the growing dangers they face.
The people at this rally say that since the start of the pandemic, crimes against letter carriers have increased exponentially with one of the biggest rises just being in the past few months. "We have lost some employees. They have resigned after bring robbed. Some of them are still out and have not come back because of the post traumatic stress of bring robbed," said Edward Fletcher.He says several of the people in his union have reported being assaulted, robbed and threatened while on the job."I had finished my route and I was doing another route in West Oakland.
"I'm very devoted to the service aspect of this job. I mean I've got little kids that call my name, I've got senior citizens that are shut ins that depend on the mail. So I don't think about it I guess. I'm hoping it's going to get fixed," Murphy said.
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