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Recent Polling Shows Registered Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Public Postal Service, Expanding Services
May 8, 2025
In February, the APWU commissioned a national survey to better understand the public’s sentiment on the public Postal Service and attempts at privatization. Here are the key takeaways
PRESS RELEASE: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, Finds New Survey from Democratic and Republican Polling firms
May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON – New polling shows that postal customers strongly believe that proposals to privatize the United States Postal Service should be marked “Return to Sender.” In a national survey of 1,402 registered voters, those surveyed oppose postal...
APWU Statement on Mandatory Vaccination for Federal Employees
July 28, 2021
Various media outlets have reported that the White House is considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment for federal employees.
Maintaining the health and safety of our members is of paramount importance. While the APWU...
PRC Issues Warning to USPS about Service Standard Change
July 21, 2021
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) released its Advisory Opinion on the Postal Service’s proposals to slow the First Class Mail service standard to as many as five days, and issued a serious warning to postal management about their proposal. The...
Funeral Assistance for COVID-19 Related Deaths
July 21, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Editor’s Note: The text in this article is taken from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Website. For additional information on funeral...
Former National Officer Thomas Neill Passes Away
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Thomas Neill passed away on April 23 at the age of 87. Brother Neill first joined the Post Office in 1961 in Houston, TX, following four years of...
Postal Legislation and the Need for Filibuster Reform
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Since the last issue of The American Postal Worker, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076 &S. 1720) was introduced in the 117th...