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;March & Rally
;2PM Rally at Pioneer Courthouse Square, March to follow
 
Sunday, Jan. 8th, 2 – 3:30pm
 
;Rally at Pioneer Courthouse Square
 
March to Main Post Office (NW Hoyt @ Broadway)
March to Main Post Office (NW Hoyt @ Broadway)


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TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP!
TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP!
*http://www.saveamericaspostalservice.org
*http://www.nalc.org
*http://www.apwu.org
*http://www.savethepostoffice.com
*http://occupyportland.org/2011/12/28/18-2pm-march-rally-save-post-office/
;More info: National Association of Letter Carriers 82, 503-493-5903
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| other details = For more information, contact Jamie Partridge 503-752-5112

Revision as of 09:02, 7 January 2012

March to Save the Postal Service

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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

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
2PM Rally at Pioneer Courthouse Square, March to follow

March to Main Post Office (NW Hoyt @ Broadway)

FAMILY FRIENDLY, BRING CHILDREN

TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP!

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

more information