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May 8, 2025
Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, Finds New Survey from Democratic and Republican Polling firms
WASHINGTON – New polling shows that postal customers strongly believe that proposals to privatize the United States Postal Service should be marked “Return to Sender.” In a national survey of 1,402 registered voters, those surveyed oppose posta...
April 27, 2023
Angry about late, erratic, missing mail and long delays at the postal counter? Postal Workers feel your pain and say the USPS must do better
WASHINGTON – On Friday, April 28, postal workers will be protesting in front of postal facilities and congressional offices at locations across the country to sound the alarm about severe staffing shortages. Members of the APWU are calling for the p...
July 1, 2021
APWU Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
[Washington, DC] The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) National President Mark Dimondstein issued the following statement today to recognize the founding of the APWU 50 years ago today: “On July 1, 1971, five postal unions – the United Federation...
March 23, 2021
Statement by American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein on Delivering for America, a 10-Year Plan for the USPS
Delivering for America, released today by USPS management, lays out a strategy for making the postal service more modern and financially sustainable, a worthy goal. The plan contains some positive attributes but also includes proposals that should be...
February 24, 2021
Today’s Hearing and the Nomination by President Biden to Fill Vacancies on the USPS’ Board of Governors
Statement by American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein on Today’s Hearing on Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on a Sustainable Financial Footing and the Nomination by President Biden to Fill Vacancies on the USPS’ Board...
February 23, 2021
Postal Workers and Customers Call on President Biden and Congress to Fill Four Vacancies on the USPS’ Board of Governors, Enact Pending Postal Reform Legislation
Signed by 400,000 Americans, a petition presented today to the Biden-Harris administration and Senate leaders urges swift action on vacancies. APWU President Mark Dimondstein to testify before Congress tomorrow, Wed., Feb. 24, on measures to support...
August 18, 2020
Statement: Announcement by the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy That Recent Changes Slowing the Mail Will Be Temporarily Reversed
Statement by Mark Dimondstein President, American Postal Workers Union on Announcement by the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy That Recent Changes Slowing the Mail Will Be Temporarily Reversed The members of the American Postal Workers Union applaud th...
June 11, 2020
American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein to Testify TODAY, Thursday June 11, 1 p.m. ET, at Congressional Hearing on Voting Rights and Administering Elections
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y For Immediate Release, June 11, 2020 Contact: Jamie Horwitz, jhdcpr@starpower.net, 202-549-4921 American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein to Testify TODAY, Thursday June 11, 1 p.m. ET, at Congressional Hearin...
April 29, 2020
New Poll Shows Two-Thirds of the Public Supports Stimulus Funding for the U.S. Postal Service, Only 15 Percent Oppose Added Funding
WASHINGTON — A new nationwide opinion poll shows that the public overwhelmingly supports funding for the U.S. Postal Service in the next stimulus bill to prevent USPS from running out of cash. Postmaster General Megan Brennan has reported to Co...
April 24, 2020
Statement responding to President Trump’s remarks today that he will block coronavirus aid for the U.S. Postal Service
President Trump’s shameful comments today that the Postal Service “is a joke” and that USPS “should raise package prices four to five times” current levels is no laughing matter to the American people. His comments are an insult to the forty-four po...
April 23, 2020
Statement: APWU Responds to Washington Post Expose of White House Plot to Destroy the Public Postal Service
“It’s a power grab to destroy the public Postal Service. Shame on them,” responded APWU President Mark Dimondstein to shocking reports from the Washington Post that the Trump Administration is attempting to use the coronavirus crisis to force draconi...
March 27, 2020
USPS’s Essential Role During the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Financial Relief from Congress and the Administration
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] The Amiercan Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein issued the following statement today: The United States Postal Service and postal workers provide an essential service to 157 million addresses in ordinary times and in t...
March 25, 2020
Statement from President Dimondstein: Postal Workers in a Time of Crisis
Since the early days of the Postal Service, we postal workers have helped stitch the fabric of the country together. Even in times of crisis – whether natural disaster, conflict, or economic calamity – the Postal Service has always been there, steadi...
January 30, 2020
American Postal Workers Union Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
The 200,000-member APWU has members in every state WASHINGTON — The American Postal Workers Union announced today that its National Executive Board has voted to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “We’re pleased that a number of presidential...
January 30, 2020
American Postal Workers Union Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
The 200,000-member APWU has members in every state WASHINGTON — The American Postal Workers Union announced today that its National Executive Board has voted to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “We’re pleased that a number of presidential...