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Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Selection of the Next Postmaster General
May 9, 2025
On May 9, 2025, the Postal Board of Governors announced the selection of David Steiner as the next Postmaster General. Steiner is now going through an internal vetting process and is expected to assume the position sometime in July.
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
Consolidations in ‘Deferred Status’
March 24, 2016
Postal workers and postal customers got some good news recently: The Deputy Postmaster General notified a member of Congress that “consolidation activities remain in a deferred status.” A one-year moratorium on more than 70 plant consolidations and...
‘Grand Alliance’ Holds Field Hearing in Baltimore
March 24, 2016
The Postal Service is indeed worth saving. That was the consensus of participants in the first field hearing sponsored by A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (AGA), held at Coppin State University in Baltimore on March 23.
Canchola Appointed to Clerk NBA Vacancy
March 23, 2016
Sonia Canchola has been appointed to fill the vacant San Francisco Region Clerk Craft National Business Agent position, effective March 21. She fills the vacancy that was created by the death of Gilbert Ybarra, who passed away in October 2014 after...
Outpouring of Support for Sanders in Seattle
March 22, 2016
Ahead of this week's caucus, APWU members were among the participants in a massive rally in Seattle, WA, in support of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
Flooded Louisiana Residents May Qualify for Disaster Relief Grant
March 18, 2016
APWU members who live in one of the 26 Louisiana parishes affected by flooding may be eligible for disaster relief grants.
FEMA has declared the situation in Louisiana a major disaster, and is offering “Individual Assistance.” Click here to find out...