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Job-killing Senate bill will dismantle USPS: NALC President Fredric V. Rolando has condemned the Senate's postal bill that advanced on Wednesday. "S. 1789 would cause irreparable harm to our nation’s Postal Service," Rolando said in a statement. Click here to read the full statement.

Letter to the 'super committee:' President Rolando has written a letter to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee." He outlines seven proposals the NALC urges the committee to consider. "Americans are begging you to act in a bipartisan manner to address the nation’s problems," he wrote. "Bolstering the Postal Service, a service mandated by the Constitution, is a good place to start." Click here to read the letter.

NALC responds to new Senate proposals: President Rolando has issued a statement on the Senate's proposed 21st Century Postal Service Act, which would phase out door-to-door delivery for tens of millions of Americans and end Saturday mail service. "Although the National Association of Letter Carriers acknowledges a number of positive provisions in the bipartisan postal reform bill unveiled today by Senators Lieberman, Collins, Carper and Brown," Rolando said, "we are very disappointed with the overall thrust of the legislation. It seems to embrace the view that we must drastically downsize the Postal Service in order to save it." Click here to read the full statement.

A labor victory in Ohio: Working families in Ohio scored a big win Tuesday night as voters across the Buckeye State overwhelmingly voted to reject Gov. John Kasich’s attempt to weaken the collective-bargaining rights of the state’s public employees. Click here to read more about it on the NALC Activist Alert blog.

Preserving six-day mail delivery: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) has introduced H.Res. 137, which expresses the sense of the House that the Postal Service should take "all appropriate measures" to ensure continuation of six-day mail delivery service. If your representative isn't a co-sponsor yet, contact them and ask them to sign on.

Bachmann, Michele, Minnesota, 6th
Cravaack, Chip, Minnesota, 8th
Ellison, Keith, Minnesota, 5th
Kline, John, Minnesota, 2nd
McCollum, Betty, Minnesota, 4th
Paulsen, Erik, Minnesota, 3rd
Peterson, Collin C., Minnesota, 7th
Walz, Timothy J., Minnesota, 1st

Just remember: Only Congress can authorize any reduction in the number of delivery days—and so far, 162 House members have signed on as co-sponsors of H. Res. 173, "expressing the sense of the House ... that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service." Click here to find out how you can contact your representative and find out if they're with us in our fight to prevent a potential Postal Service death spiral.