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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...
COVID Vaccines: Fact vs. Myth
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
COVID-19 is deadly and is continuing to quickly spread with the "Delta" variant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising. The APWU strongly...
How to Proceed When Considering a Merger
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
There may be various reasons why a local may want or need to contemplate a merger. Whether it is a result of decline in membership or elected...
Grief Management
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
When I attended the quarterly meeting of the Denver Metro Retiree Chapter on ZOOM, held on July 24, I was inspired to write this article about “grief...
The Solution to Resolving the USPS’s Delayed Mail Challenge and Building Back Better
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On July 20, the Postal Regulatory Commission advised the USPS not to change service standards. There were over 130,000 comments submitted to the...
Surviving a Hurricane or an Earthquake
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As I write this article, many APWU members are still recovering from the effects of this year’s devastating weather. My prayers go out to my APWU...