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PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’
February 4, 2025
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the...
Maintenance Part-Time Regular Payout Update (February 2025)
February 3, 2025
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.
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...
Ron Suslak Appointed as Northeast Region Coordinator
January 15, 2019
On Jan. 15, President Dimondstein appointed – and the National Executive Board voted to confirm per the APWU National Constitution – Ron Suslak to the Northeast Region Coordinator position. The position became vacant with the recent retirement of...