DETROIT -- Postal workers marched through through downtown Detroit on Tuesday in protest of plans to suspend mail delivery on Saturdays.Members of the American Postal Workers Union started at Cobo Center and ended in Campus Martius. The union is having its national convention at Cobo.Mail volume has decreased nationally as people and businesses switch to the Internet in place of letters and paper bills.Officials said dropping Saturday delivery will help fend off projected losses. A Senate Appropriations subcommittee voted to block the change.A House subcommittee is looking at changing a requirement that the Postal Service pay more than $5 billion annually into a fund for future health benefits for its retirees.
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