POST OFFICE CLOSURE PROTESTERS CHARGES DROPPED

Retired USPS worker Jamie Partridge

Charges have been dropped against 5 protesters who were arrested on April 17th after refusing to leave the work room of Salem’s main post office mail sorting facility.
 
The five were part of a small crowd of about 35 people protesting against postal sorting plant and post office closures. 

Oregon State Representative Brian Clem joined the protesters briefly on that day.
He and 29 other state legislators have signed a resolution asking Congress to pass the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013.  The proposed bill would eliminate the requirement for pre-funding retirement health benefits, restrict the closure of facilities and recover overpayments to its pension plans.