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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 

NEC Meeting Postponed

January 31, 2011
The meeting of the National Executive Council, which was scheduled to take place in Atlanta Feb. 2-5, has been postponed because of the threat of severe inclement weather throughout much of the country, APWU President Cliff Guffey announced today

APWU Protests Bidding ‘Outage’

January 28, 2011
The APWU has expressed outrage over the Postal Service’s unilateral decision to shut down online bidding from Jan. 28 until Jan. 31, and for giving the union only 24-hour notice of its plans.

With Slow Progress, Contract Talks Continue

January 28, 2011
“Although progress in contract negotiations is slow, bargaining is ongoing,” APWU President Cliff Guffey reported on Jan. 28. Representatives of the Postal Service and the union are meeting almost daily, he added.

USPS Notifies Union of Bidding 'Outage'

January 27, 2011
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that posting and bidding will be disrupted while management upgrades the computerized bidding system, beginning at 12:01 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 28.

APWU Denounces Post Office Closure Plans

January 24, 2011
The union is “deeply disappointed” by the Postal Service’s announcement — via the Wall Street Journal  — that it plans to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, APWU President Cliff Guffey said Monday.

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