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Help draft Congress into the fight against Contracting Out
Please contact your member of Congress to ask them to co-sponsor House Resolution 282, which calls on the USPS to "discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services." This non-binding "Sense of the House" Resolution was introduced March 28 by Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ). Its passage would build momentum for a binding prohibition now under consideration by Rep. Davis’ subcommittee.
We will aggressively pursue a legislative solution to the cancer of delivery outsourcing. With your help and commitment, I am convinced that we will prevail. Thank you for your activism on behalf of all letter carriers.
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Subject: Please co-sponsor House Resolution 282
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I am a Letter Carrier who lives and works in your district. I have learned from my union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, that the United States Postal Service has initiated a new program called Contract Delivery Service that out-sources the delivery of mail to new delivery points, including those in urban and suburban areas that should be served by City and Rural Letter Carriers. I write to urge you to co-sponsor Rep. Albio Sires' Sense of the House Resolution (H.R. 282), which calls on the Postal Service to "discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services."
Using high-turnover, low-wage and part-time contractors instead of dedicated career employees to deliver mail will harm the service and damage the public's confidence in the Postal Service. Although this practice is limited now, the Postal Service adds up to 1.7 million new delivery points each year as new residential and commercial developments are built. If this penny-wise but pound-foolish practice goes forward unimpeded, there could be tens of thousands of contractors out there in 10 or 15 years.
As a business strategy, it makes no sense for the Postal Service to out-source its core functions, and the USPS should not add to the millions of American workers who toil without health insurance and pension protection. Nor should the USPS be allowed to use contracting out to evade the existing laws on veterans' preference in hiring and collective bargaining rights for workers who deliver the mail. Please co-sponsor H.R. 282 and tell the Postal Service to put a stop to contracting out delivery work.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
April 23, 2007
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