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Democracy Does Work! It's up to you to do your part!

 Please contact your congressional representatives and urge them to support the following bills.  Action is needed by all APWU members to help ensure the Postal Service’s financial viability and business viability.  Your involvement will also help protect and strengthen postal workers’ financial viability into retirement. Your representatives’ contact information is provided below.

 

 

HR 658 “Access to Postal Services Act”

 

          This bill would modify the procedure the US Postal Service has to follow before it can consolidate or close postal facilities to require an assessment of the need to close/consolidate, require 90 days notice to each facility, allow for appeals of the closing to the Postal Rate Commission and eliminate any economic reason for closing.

 

HR 22 “United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009”

 

          This bill would eliminate the requirement that the Postal Service “pre-fund” its annuities for retirees saving approximately five billion dollars per year.

 

HR 168 “Mail Network Protection Act of 2009”

 

          Legislation would require the postal service to enter into negotiations with postal unions prior to subcontracting mail processing to the private sector.

 

HR 235 “Social Security Fairness Act of 2009”

 

          Would repeal the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset rules that unfairly limit social security payments to civil service retirees.

 

HR 1409 and S 560 “Employee Free Choice Act of 2009”

 

          Modifies and loosens many of the national labor relations board requirements for employees in a business to form a union.  It makes it easier for employees to unionize their workplace.

 

HR 958     To amend title 5, United States Code, to make unused sick leave creditable, for purposes of the Federal Employees' Retirement System, in the same manner as provided for under the Civil Service Retirement System.

 

          This bill would allow government employees under Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to have unused sick leave in full month increments credited toward their seniority for retirement pension computations.

 

          These are some but not all of the issues currently affecting Postal Workers both active and retired.  Please take the time to contact your representatives.  The job you save and the life you change by your actions may be your own.

 

Respectfully and in solidarity

 

Tom Edwards, President

 

 

Amy Klobuchar

United States Senate

302 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-2304

DC phone – 202-224-3244

DC Fax – 202-228-2186

E-mail – http://klobuchar.senat.gov/emailamy.cfm

 

 

Al Franken

United States Senate

302 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-2304

DC phone – 202-224-5641

Email – infofranken@senate.gov

 

 

 

District 1

Timothy J. Walz

Minnesota-1st, Democrat
1722 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2301
DC Phone: (202) 225-2472

DC fax 202-225-3433

e-mail Http://walz.house.gov/zip_auth.shtm

 

District 2

John Kline

Minnesota-2nd, Republican
1210 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2302
Phone: (202) 225-2271

DC fax 202-225-2595

e-mail:  http://kline.house.gov/?sectionid=7&sectiontree=4,7

 

District 3

Erik Paulsen

Minnesota-3rd, Republican
126 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2303
Phone: (202) 225-2871

DC fax – 202-225-6351

e-mail:  http://forms.house.gov/paulsen/contact-form.shtml

 

District 4

Betty McCollum

Minnesota-4th, Democrat
1714 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2304
Phone: (202) 225-6631

DC fax 202-225-1968

Email:  http://mccollum.house.gov/custom/mccollum-contactme.asp

 

District 5

Keith Ellison

Minnesota-5th, Democrat
1122 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2305
Phone: (202) 225-4755

DC fax – 202-225-4886

Email: http://ellison.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87

 

District 6

Michele Bachmann

Minnesota-6th, Republican
107 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2306
Phone: (202) 225-2331

DC fax 202-225-6475

Email: http://bachmann.house.gov/email/

 

District 7

Collin C. Peterson

Minnesota-7th, Democrat
2211 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2307
Phone: (202) 225-2165

DC fax 202-225-1593

Email: http://collinpeterson.house.gov/email.html

 

District 8

James L. Oberstar

Minnesota-8th, Democrat
2365 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2308
Phone: (202) 225-6211

DC fax  202-225-0699

Email: http://wwwc.house.gov/oberstar.zipauth.htm