2011-12-12 "We Luv the Postman [& Post Woman]"
DRAFT PROPOSAL To OCCUPY CONCORD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 The OWS movement is about looking out for the 99% who are being constantly pushed down into poverty, unemployment and homelessness or workers being stripped of their, union rights to bargain  collectively or denied access to health and medical benefits as prices skyrocket. 
The 99% which includes the hard working 'Salt of the earth' like our
postal workers and their unions are under attack by the politicians bought and paid for by the Wall Street bankers and the 1 %.
In a time of prolonged high unemployment and declining working class living standards. What we need are jobs ,with decent living wages, union jobs with dignity and benefits.We need more jobs not massive layoffs, and privatization of vital services to create more profits for the 1 %.
The Post Office is the largest employer of black workers and workers of color in the nation. It is a union job with benefits. It has been a place  where historically many people including people of color could get steady job and a modest of slice of the so called "American Dream".
Instead of creating more jobs, the Government is trying to fire 200,000 postal workers and eliminate Saturday Mail delivery & close down over 2000 post offices. They claim that the workers must sacrifice
again because of bogus laws passed by the Bush administration that require the Post Office,[ which is self financing, uses no tax money]to pay down on retirement benifits 75 years into the future for postal workers not even born yet. No other industry or company's must adhere to such  restrictive financal obligations at the expense of their jobs.These rules are part of a sceme to "privatize" the Post  Office by forces of the 1 %.
LET IT THERE FORE BE RESOLVED:
That OCCUPY Concord  Demands that our public post offices be defended.
We demand the retention of Saturday Mail Service and the Jobs of 200,000 Postal Workers. We demand that union contracts negotiated in good faith, that protect Postal Jobs, be honored by the politicians. We oppose the privatization of the post office. We call for other workers, unions, students, community members and folks of the 99% to stand with our brothers and sisters of the postal service. We insist our public officials protect them and not attack them, or they will answer to the 99%. We stand ready to show solidarity and LUV to the POSTMAN .

An Injury Is , Is An Injury to All
OCCUPY CONCORD