IUOE 302 CALL FOR IMMEDIATE AND CONTINUOUS ACTION

As many of you have probably heard, a portion of the I-5 Skagit river bridge collapsed last week.  Thankfully, no serious injuries have been reported as a result of the collapse, although several vehicles and their drivers fell into the river.  The repercussions for a bridge out between Canada and Seattle will create tremendous economic and traveling strain and provides a wakeup call for any that doubt the need for transportation preservation in Washington State.

This tragic and disruptive event comes just prior to the return of our Washington legislature and your help is needed to ensure that lawmakers in Olympia understand that a sustainable transportation funding package is necessary for a safe and economically prosperous Washington.

Please contact your legislators TODAY and over the next three weeks via phone and email voicing support for a sustainable transportation revenue package in the interest of public safety, freight mobility and economic security.

Legislator phone and email contacts can also be found by visiting:

The bridge collapse and the need for transportation improvements clearly underlines the need for infrastructure investment; we need your help to continually repeat that message to the legislature until agreement is reached on an acceptable funding package.
            
Please feel free to contact me at 206-293-8350 if you should have any questions.  Thank you!
Josh Swanson, Labor Research and Communications
206-293-8350/jswanson@iuoe302.org