The USPS is Not a Piggy Bank!
In a “Dear Colleagues” letter dated June 3, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) urged his fellow members of the House of Representatives to oppose a proposal to use Postal Service funds to help replenish the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) by ending Saturday mail...
APWU Condemns GOP Plan to Loot USPS to Save Highway Fund
APWU President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement June 2 condemning a proposal by House Republican leaders to raid the Postal Service treasury to shore up the Highway Trust Fund.
“The proposal by House Republican leaders to use Postal Service funds...
Committee Passes Controversial Issa Bill
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members passed the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers. The vote, which passed along party lines 18-13,...
APWU Urges ‘No’ Vote on Issa’s Latest Postal Bill
The APWU is urging House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members to vote ‘no’ on the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers. The committee is scheduled to...
Dimondstein Discusses Postal Finances on Radio, TV with Ed Schultz
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Ed Schultz Radio Show and The Ed Show on MSNBC to will discuss postal finances – and how Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe seems determined to use the ginned-up crisis to justify piecemeal...