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Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Time: 2:00pm until 3:30pm
Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204
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Purpose

Congress is getting ready to vote on HR 2309 & S 1789

Sunday, Jan. 8th, 2 – 3:30pm

March to Main Post Office (NW Hoyt @ Broadway)

TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP!

Other details
For more information, contact Jamie Partridge 503-752-5112

more information

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 | time = 2:00pm until 3:30pm
 | location = Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204
-| purpose = ;Save Saturday Delivery & Door-to-Door Mail Delivery
+| purpose = Congress is getting ready to vote on HR 2309 & S 1789
+;These bills would:
+* End door-to-door and curbside delivery for 90% of postal patrons
+* End Saturday delivery
+* Close thousands of community post offices
+* Close half the mail processing plants
+* Force senior carriers into retirement
+* Eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs
+* End overnite delivery of first class mail
+;Save Saturday Delivery & Door-to-Door Mail Delivery
 ;Save Community Post Offices
 ;March & Rally
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 March to Main Post Office (NW Hoyt @ Broadway)
-More info: National Association of Letter Carriers 82, 503-493-5903
-http://www.saveamericaspostalservice.org
+;FAMILY FRIENDLY, BRING CHILDREN
-| image = [[File:Stamp.jpg|left]]
-| other details =
+TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP!
+*http://www.saveamericaspostalservice.org
+*http://www.nalc.org
+*http://www.apwu.org
+*http://www.savethepostoffice.com
+;More info: National Association of Letter Carriers 82, 503-493-5903
+| image = [[File:Stamp.jpg|right]]
+| other details = For more information, contact Jamie Partridge 503-752-5112
 | link to more info = http://www.facebook.com/events/292479817462459/
 | categories =
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