Yoder Stands with United States Postal Service Workers on a National Day of Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/12/12
Contact: Alexa Lopez, Communications Director for Shelli Yoder for Congress
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Shelli Yoder, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Indiana’s 9^th Congressional District seat and a resident of Bloomington, today promised to keep the needs of the United State Postal Service at the forefront, when elected to Congress.
 
“Those who blame the USPS for financial woes fail to look at the larger picture,” said Yoder today. “In recent years, Congress has crippled the Postal Service with arcane rules and impossible demands, causing it to cut its budget and raise prices to comply. In fact, the USPS is self-supporting, yet its hands are tied by this Congress.”
 
Keeping good jobs that pay a decent wage and can support a family is part of one of Yoder’s key promises to help create jobs. “Let’s not throw away the good jobs we have – who among us does not depend on the Postal Service to bring the mail? By threatening to cut delivery, including door-to-door service, no one is helped – not the taxpayer, not the worker, and certainly not the country as a whole. We depend upon the mail – it is time the USPS can depend upon Congress to help it return to fiscal health.”
 
Another Yoder key issue is expanding economic opportunity for all Hoosiers. “It appears this Congress wants to privatize mail delivery, and we know from experience and research that this privatization scheme is costing us more, in the long run, while replacing good pay with lower wages. If private companies want to compete, it should be on a level playing field – strangling the USPS with impossible demands ensures that it will fail. Is this really what we want?”
 
Yoder further stated that “this Congressional war on the middle class and our union citizens must stop – these are our neighbors, our church goers, and our friends. SB 1789 does little to fix the problem; as a member of Congress, I will help our USPS workers to find a solution, not endure a slashing.”
 
For more information, visit www.shelliyoderforcongress.com. The Democratic Primary is May 8.
 
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