Postal Banking Catches Fire
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live; a new...
‘Implement Postal Banking Now!’
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton,Rich Fiesta
and Melanie Campbell present petitions to
Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined members of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Dec. 17 to make a...
More Than 150,000 Have Signed Postal Banking Petition
More than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the Campaign for Postal Banking urging Postmaster General Megan Brennan to implement postal banking in post offices across the country. Organizers plan to deliver the petitions this month...
Tell the Postmaster General: Make Postal Banking a Reality Now
Did you know that nearly 28% of U.S. households are underserved by traditional banks? They turn instead to payday lenders, check cashers and other financial predators, spending on average nearly 10 percent of their income on fees.
There is a simple...
Dimondstein Appears on ‘The Big Picture’ with Thom Hartmann
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on “The Big Picture” with Thom Hartmann on Nov. 16, discussing the National Executive Board’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President.