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Reconciliation Legislation Passes - Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED
July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most...
Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
June 30, 2025
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers Stage Raucous Protest
November 14, 2014
Approximately 250 postal workers and supporters protested loudly in the lobby of Postal Service headquarters after they were denied entry to a “public” meeting of the Board of Governors’ on Nov. 14. But they cheered wildly when APWU President Mark...
Reps. Cummings, Lynch Request Moratorium on USPS Service Cuts
November 12, 2014
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) are the latest in a long list of members of Congress calling for a moratorium on reductions in postal service standards and the closure of mail processing plants.
The People Can Stop USPS Plans to Delay Mail
November 12, 2014
Appearing on the Ed Show on Nov. 11, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said "the people of this country have it within our power" to stop USPS plans to slow mail service and virtually eliminate overnight mail delivery. Postmaster General Patrick...
Dimondstein to Appear on 'Ed Show' Tonight
November 11, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein will appear this evening on The Ed Show, which airs on MSNBC at 5 p.m. He will discuss events planned for Friday, Nov. 14, at more than 140 locations to protest the Postmaster General's plans to degrade service,...
Statement to APWU Members from President Mark Dimondstein
November 10, 2014
The security breach in the Postal Service’s data systems that compromised personal information about postal employees, including all active and some retired workers, is a very troubling matter. Unfortunately, cybercrime is real and effective. But we...