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APWU National Executive Board Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Next President of the United States

July 23, 2024
On July 23, 2024, the APWU National Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the next President of the United States. One day earlier, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, where the APWU is represented by  President...

Postal Workers Deserve a Great Contract!

July 23, 2024
Below is an excerpt from my address at the opening of national negotiations. The [APWU] welcomes this opportunity to represent approximately 200,000 postal workers in these important negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between our...

Not Surprising - USPS 2012 Cuts Do Not Create Projected Savings

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Oct. 15 report proves what postal workers have been shouting for years – cuts to mail processing and...

Majority of Senate Members Oppose Postal Privatization

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  In Dec. 2018, Senate Resolution 633 (S. Res. 633) achieved a majority of co-sponsors. This resolution expressed the need to keep the United...

Task Force: No Fire Sale, But Privatization Threat Looms

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The long-awaited report of President Trump’s Task Force on the future of the Postal Service was released Dec. 4, months after its original...

The Ostrich Syndrome

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By President Mark Dimondstein  “Bury your head in the sand” is a common saying based on the myth that when an ostrich senses danger, it buries...

White House Targets Postal Workers

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  On Dec. 4, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department released the long-awaited report by the White House’s Task Force on the United States Postal...

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