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Tell Rep. Flake NO to privatization
Dear NALC e-Activist:
I am
writing to ask you to take immediate action once
again.
As you know H.R. 22, The Postal
Enhancement and Accountability Act of 2005 passed the House by a
vote of 410-20 on July 26th. The NALC e-Activists worked very
hard to help pass Postal Reform, but also to defeat a number of
anti-worker amendments. One of the amendments was offered by
Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and would have
required within the legislation a five-year privatization pilot
program, specifically to study alternate means of delivery.
Despite Congressman Flake's determination to pass his amendment,
it was defeated 379-51! It seems that
Congressman Flake has not given up. In an October 25th
letter
to Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman James C. Miller
III, Congressman Flake expresses his interest in pursuing
privatization further and even asks for USPS help in doing
so. In light of this new development I am asking you to
once again let Congressman Flake know that we oppose any attempt
to privatize the Postal Service.
Please call Congressman
Flake in either his district office in Mesa at 480-833-0092 or
his Washington, DC office at 202-226-4386 and let him know that
Letter Carriers oppose his
proposal to privatize any postal services and ask that he
withdraw the proposal at once.
In
addition, please send Congressman Flake an email by clicking on
the link below.
Once again, I thank you for
your continued dedication as activists of this great union.
Your commitment to ensuring that Letter Carriers are
heard on Capitol Hill will be the difference in seeing that
Postal Reform is signed into law.
In solidarity,
William H. Young
President
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Representative Jeff Flake (if you live in Arizona)
Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Please withdraw your proposal on postal privatization
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I am a Letter Carrier from Arizona. It has come to my attention that you are advocating the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service through contracting out, even though a bipartisan majority of Congress rejected this policy in July. My union has shared with me the letter you recently sent to the Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors in which you advocated the contracting out of my job to the lowest bidder in the private sector. I am dismayed that you would take such an action after the House of Representatives rejected your amendment to achieve the same end in H.R. 22 by a vote of 379-51 on July 26, 2005.
The U.S. Postal Service offers extremely affordable and reliable service to every home and business in the country six days a week. USPS Letter Carriers deliver this mail and are trusted as federal government employees to enter the mailbox of residential and business addresses everyday. It is unclear to me why you would sponsor a proposal that would put that service and the mail security of your constituents at risk. It is equally unclear to me why you think contracting out delivery services to the lowest bidder will improve service when it will almost surely diminish it. Most important, it is unclear to me how you could support any measure that would take a good middle-class job away from people like me, your constituent, in order to save a buck. I ask you ONCE AGAIN to withdraw this proposal and allow the Postal Service and its dedicated employees to continue to provide the superb service that Americans have to come to rely on for more than 230 years.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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What's At Stake:
If Congressman Flake has his way, the Postal Service could look into privatization and the possibility of throwing out our hard-won contract, cutting our pay and benefits, and decreasing service for the American public.
Campaign Expiration Date:
December 30, 2005
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