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Six More U.S. Representatives
Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
APWU Web News Article #57-08, June 23, 2008
APWU efforts to build support in Congress for the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) continued to gain ground over the last two weeks, as six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives endorsed the measure to help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public.
The bill would help reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by the U.S. Postal Service by requiring the USPS to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant contracting-out.
Thanks to outreach and education efforts by APWU locals, the legislation has gained 116 cosponsors since it was introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) in November 2007. Gaining additional co-sponsors remains a top priority for the APWU.
The following House members added their names as co-sponsors of the bill between June 6 and 19:
Mail Network Protection Act — Co-Sponsors Added June 6-19 , 2008 |
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL-21) |
Miami Area Local |
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) |
Miami Area Local,
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Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2) |
Philadelphia Area Local, |
Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL-17) |
Miami Area Local |
Jim Oberstar (D-MN-8) |
Greater Northland Area Local, Brainerd Local |
Diane E. Watson (D-CA-33) |
Greater Los Angeles Local |
For more information about the Mail Network Protection Act and the union’s effort to gather support for it, click here.
