Don’t Outsource Postal Services

(Op ed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein in the Albuquerque Journal) 

As the United States Postal Service confronts a changing future, those of us who work for the agency agree with the goals stated in a recent Albuquerque Journal editorial. The USPS must be creative, “and do what is best for the agency to remain relevant in today’s world.” But the workers I represent as president of the American Postal Workers Union differ sharply with USPS management – about how to achieve those goals. We can’t agree that the millions of American consumers and businesses who rely on the U.S. mail will benefit if core functions of the Postal Service are outsourced to private for-profit operators. 

Read the op ed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein here.