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A national network of postal workers from the NALC, APWU, and Mailhandlers unions, assisted by Labor Notes, is putting out the call to all postal workers and our allies to Occupy the Post Office! April 17th (TAX DAY)
May 15th approaches, the deadline for Congress to act before the Postmaster General begins a massive wave of mail sorting plant and post office closures. These closures will cause huge disruptions to mail service – hurting our most vulnerable, the poor and the elderly — as well as destroying tens of thousands of living wage, union jobs and sabotaging businesses that rely on timely mail delivery. The damage to communities, whether rural or urban, in the disruption of family life and consumer spending, will be substantial.
Congress appears stuck. We have a majority in the House signed onto HR 1351 but it languishes in committee. We have turned in a million petition signatures to no avail.
The Postmaster General has already bowed to pressure twice — postponing the closure deadline to May 15th and now pledging no closures between August 15th & January 1.
Many of us have organized local rallies, marches, hearings and townhalls to Save America’s Postal Service. We have found many allies, including the energetic, bold youth of Occupy Wall Street. We plan to engage the Occupy movement in whatever audacious activity makes sense in each local struggle. We call on the labor movement, community allies, the Jobs with Justice coalitions and our national union leaders to join us in this day of action.
We need to turn up the heat & raise the level of fightback or the postal service will be plunged into a death spiral.
A national flyer for local use should be ready within a week. Stay tuned and begin local plans.
Occupy Democracy Pasadena, Occupy Pasadena GA is here in solidarity with working men and women and their families of the Post Office . We are here to turn up the heat, to fight back, and bring attention to this injustice. we have sent a letter to Joe Brown, the president of the NAACP:
” Dear Mr. Brown:
Occupy Pasadena and Occupy Democracy – Pasadena are interested in participating in the following event next month:
http://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/2012/03/occupy-the-post-office-april-17th-tax-day/
Is the NAACP organizing and/or participating in this event?
Occupy Pasadena appreciated the opportunity to participate in the rally NAACP has organized for one of the post offices in Pasadena last January. Although we were few in number than we intend to show up in larger numbers in April drawing on 2 occupy groups instead of 1 occupy group and Moveon.org and Democracy for America.
We appreciate all the good work the United States Post Office has done over many, many decades. Fed Ex and the internet are just NOT viable options to replace the post office.
Thank you for your time. I look forwarding to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Karen Berger ”
we will be reaching out to other organizations for this fight. please come and join us. we will post the time and day of our rally.
GLEN
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