Now Is The Time For The AFL-CIO and The USPS Unions To Reach Out To Their Communities

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2013/04/now-is-the-time-for-the-afl-cio-and-the-usps-unions-to-reach-out-to-their-communities/

By Bill Brickley | April 1, 2013

Congress is currently debating issues regarding the Postal Service that will shape the its future for decades to come. The NALC has superior national leadership that keeps all of us informed on the issues and recommends when we should contact our legislators. Our challenge is that this can not be the extent of our activism if we are to survive. We must form alliances with other postal unions as well as the AFL-CIO. Equally important for us is to reach out to other groups that are fighting for economic justice as well as business groups whose survival depends on a functioning Postal Service.

We have a shared battle with our brothers of sisters of the APWU, NPMHU and the NRLCA. Together we are a formidable team. On September 27,2011 we worked with these unions and changed how the entire country views the postal crisis with the Save Americas Postal Service Rallies. This brought the outrageous prefunding issue into the national dialogue. We must recapture that spirit and solidarity if we are going to most effectively fight back against forces that want to dismantle us.

We have to connect with citizens in our rural areas and poor urban areas that will he harmed most by dismantling the USPS. We have to reach out to small business whose very existence is also at stake if the mailing industry sustains much damage. We have to work with senior citizen groups to let congress know they will not dismantle us without a fight.

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About Bill Brickley
Bill is a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers, serving on the NH Letter Carrier Executive Board as CD1 Legislative Liaison. Also serves on the NH AFL-CIO Executive Board. Former NH Area Coordinator Amnesty International and NH Labor News Blogger Follow him on twitter @BillBrickley

[demosincebirth]

1. I have been, for years, walking picket lines (with other union members of different unions) and

not once have we had the physical or vocal support of NALC rank and filers. Just sayin'. But, I will give them my complete support because their fight is my fight, too.