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December 21, 2018

Santa May Need to Take Out a Loan in the Future

  American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein says: “This gift delivered to Wall Street will be paid for by Main Street.” WASHINGTON – When the Trump Administration released its postal task force report earlier this month, the American P...

February 6, 2013

APWU Condemns USPS Plans to Cut Service

APWU President Cliff Guffey has issued the following statement: “The APWU condemns the Postal Service’s decision to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, which will only deepen the agency’s congressionally-manufactured financial crisis. “The USPS h...

May 10, 2012

APWU Statement on USPS Announcement About Rural Post Offices

The APWU is continuing to analyze the Postal Service’s May 9 announcement that it will allow rural post offices to remain open, but with reduced hours. “We support efforts to preserve service to the American people,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey....

August 22, 2010

Postal Workers Rally to Save Saturday Mail Service

Postal Workers from across the nation will gather at Detroit’s Campus Martius Park on Tuesday, Aug. 24, to protest the Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. More than three thousand members of the American Postal Workers Union — who ar...

March 18, 2010

APWU Denounces Five-Day Mail Delivery, Urges Congress to Correct Pre-Funding Requirement

APWU President William Burrus denounced Postal Service plans to eliminate Saturday mail delivery March 18, and urged Congress instead to correct two major causes of USPS financial difficulties: A provision of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhanc...

March 3, 2010

Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model

APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan and other proposals at a confe...

July 31, 2006

Postal Workers Warn of Service Delays Under USPS ‘Consolidation’ Plan

Postal workers are warning customers to expect week-long delays in mail delivery under a Postal Service plan to close parts of mail processing facilities across the nation. Last week, the USPS was forced to reveal a secret list targeting 139 sorting...