Dear NALC e-Activist,

The Oakland city council is taking up a resolution this week to require the state legislature to adopt a "Do Not Mail" registry. If this resolution passes and is enacted by Sacramento, it would have a serious impact on California mail volume by encouraging customers to opt out of advertising mail. This could reduce current volume by as much as 50 percent of what we are getting today.

This resolution, if enacted, would cause a large number of layoffs of letter carriers, in Oakland as well as across the state. Also, we are already facing issues dealing with closures of post offices in Oakland and throughout Alameda County; passing this resolution would cause a further drop in mail volume and help facilitate neighborhood post office closures.

If you or any of your friends and family live in Oakland, please call and e-mail the mayor and each of your Oakland city council members (listed below), both Tuesday and Wednesday morning, and ask them to please oppose the "Do Not Mail" resolution on the November 5 agenda of the Rules and Legislation committee.

Mayor
Ron Dellums, 510-238-3141, officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com

City council members
District 1: Jane Brunner, 510-238-7001, jbrunner@oaklandnet.com
District 2: Patricia Kernighan, 510-238-7002, pkernighan@oaklandnet.com
District 3: Nancy Nadel, 510-238-7003, nnadel@oaklandnet.com
District 4: Jean Quan, 510-238-7004, jquan@oaklandnet.com
District 5: Ignacio De La Fuente, 510-238-7005, idelafuente@oaklandnet.com
District 6: Desley Brooks, 510-238-7006, dbrooks@oaklandnet.com
District 7: Larry Reid, 510-238-7007, lreid@oaklandnet.com
At-Large: Rebecca Kaplan, 510-238-7008, atlarge@oaklandnet.com

If you need any further information, please call California State President John Beaumont at 415-297-9527 or State Secretary Verle Craven at 510-233-3546.

In solidarity,

Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers