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Unions Rally to Fight Back Against Illegal Postal Takeover
February 24, 2025
On Feb. 24, 2025, hundreds of union members joined together to show that workers are prepared to fight back against the proposed, illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service. Unions, including the Communications Workers of America (CWA),...
Pres. Dimondstein On the Airwaves Against Illegal USPS Takeover
February 24, 2025
On Friday major news outlets began reporting that President Trump plans an illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service. In response, APWU President Mark Dimondstein took to the airwaves to show what is at stake.
Staples to Close 225 Stores
March 10, 2014
The March 6 announcement by Staples CEO Ron Sargent that the office-supply chain will close 225 stores by the end of 2015, “Proves that it’s a bad idea to turn over public postal services to a private company that can close stores with no public...
IL Local Says ‘No’ to New CPU
March 8, 2014
Approximately 70 APWU members and supporters lined the streets in Belleville, IL on March 7 to ask passersby not to patronize a newly opened postal retail operation at Ben Franklin's Crafts & Floral store. The store began offering postal...
House Budget Committee Chair Ryan Misrepresents Economists in Poverty Report
March 7, 2014
The House Budget Committee released a report, The War on Poverty: Fifty Years Later, on Monday, and the findings left several economists and social scientists bemused and angry, according to The Fiscal Times. Several experts who read it said that...
White House Budget Misses the Mark on Postal Matters
March 6, 2014
The administration’s budget proposal for 2015 misses the mark on postal issues, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said. “The White House budget echoes the misguided policies ofPostmaster General Patrick Donahoe. It calls for severe cutbacks that...
