NEW YORK — March 24, 2013. Labor leaders, community activists, and politicians stood together outside Manhattan's Farley post office to protest planned closures of neighborhood post offices, the end of six day mail delivery, and layoffs of postal workers.  The speakers, in order of appearance, are:

·         Charlie Heege, President Branch 36 National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

·         Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL-CIO

·         Congressional Representative Grace Meng, New York 6^th CD

·         Congressional Representative Jerrold Nadler , New York 10^th CD

·         George Mignosi,  NALC Vice-President

·         Richard Gottfried, New York State Assembly 75^th AD

·         Victoria Pannell,  13 year-old Harlem Youth Community Activist,

·         Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate

·         Jonathan Smith, President New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU