Press Release: Postal Worker Informational Picket

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 29, 2010

POSTAL WORKERS AND LETTER CARRIERS SCHEDULE INFORMATIONAL PICKET FOR JULY 1ST
OPPOSING USPS PLANS TO ELIMINATE SATURDAY MAIL DELIVERY.

On July 1, 2010, union members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and their community supporters will
be holding informational pickets outside the Medford Main Post Office, Central Point
Post Office and Ashland Post Office between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

In response to USPS claims that reducing days of mail delivery would save it money
and help it close its budget gap, APWU National President Bill Burrus said, “We
should not even seriously engage in discussion of this proposal. No service-oriented
business can grow by reducing service.”

Southern Oregon Area Local APWU President Jim Alexander said, “Unlike any other
government entity, the United States Postal Service does not receive tax revenue
from the federal government. Instead, the USPS is owned, lock, stock and barrel by
the American public and pays for that ownership through its purchase of postal
services and products. As such, the public is entitled to know when and how postal
management wants to reduce postal services. This informational picket is intended to
shed light on the proposal to eliminate a day of mail delivery and what that means
for the mailing public.”

For more information, contact Jim Alexander: jimsturn@charter.net; 541-941-9378