One week after postal workers rallied in Support of HR 1351, Rep. Clifford Stearns has not signed on as a co-sponsor of this bill.
As Stearns has claimed to be a proponent of creating good jobs, his failure to support this bill is to the detriment of 100,000 service jobs.
The United States Postal Service operates on zero tax-payer dollars and solely on the sale of postage and other services, so any claim of a bailout is a clear falsehood. Because the congressman has always been an advocate for military veterans, the veterans at the USPS are curious as to why he is not supporting them.
HR 1351 will restore financial stability to the USPS and prove that over-payments to the pension funds are real, and the service is in no "crisis" and has actually turned a profit over the last four years, even in the midst of a recession.
HR 1351 now has 222 co-sponsors, and it is a bi-partisan group, and over 50 percent of the House. Stearns' absence from this 222 is startling.
Brian O'Neill
President
North Central Florida Area Local
American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO
