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Nine More U.S. Reps.
Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection
Act
APWU Web News Article #90-08, Oct. 6, 2008
In the month of September, nine more members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on to the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), a bill that would limit wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting practices by the U.S. Postal Service. The total number of co-sponsors now stands at 144. [Click here to view the complete list.]
The bill, introduced in November 2007 by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant contracting-out, and would protect inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public.
The following representatives became newest co-sponsors of the H.R. 4236:
Mail Network Protection Act — Co-Sponsors Added Sept. 8 and Sept. 27, 2008 |
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John Barrow (D-GA-12) |
Savannah Local |
Xavier Becerra (D-CA-31) |
Greater Los Angeles Area Local |
Don Cazayoux (D-LA-6) |
Baton Rouge Local |
Bart Gordon (D-TN-6) |
Nashville Local |
John Murtha (D-PA-12) |
Pittsburgh Metro Area Local; Johnstown Area Local |
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) |
New Jersey Mid State; Red Bank Local; Central Jersey Area Local |
Pete Stark (D-CA-13) |
Oakland Local; East Bay Area Local |
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD-8) |
Montgomery County Area Local |
Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY-12) |
NY Metro Area Local; Brooklyn Local |
For more information about the Mail Network Protection Act and the union’s effort to gather support for it, click here.
