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December 17, 2015

Statement by APWU President on the Delivery of 150,000+ Signatures in Support of Postal Banking

There’s a movement growing across the country for the kind of low-cost financial services that the U.S. Postal Service is uniquely qualified to deliver. The Postal Service has the legal authority, right now, to offer payroll check-cashing, access to...

May 12, 2015

Postal Workers, Customers to Hold Nationwide Protests on May 14

WASHINGTON – Members of the American Postal Workers Union will rally in more than 85 cities in 36 states across the country during a National Day of Action on May 14 to demand improved postal services and to protect good, living-wage jobs. “U.S. Post...

February 1, 2015

Statement by Mark Dimondstein President, American Postal Workers Union, on New Postmaster General Megan Brennan

Postmaster General Megan Brennan begins her new job at a pivotal moment in the history of the U.S. Postal Service. We call on her to take steps to strengthen the Postal Service. That means taking full advantage of the boom in e-commerce and expanding...

January 19, 2015

New Coalition, ‘Campaign for Postal Banking,’ Launches with Strong Support from Financial Reform Groups and Labor Unions

Expanding Low-Cost Financial Services through the United States Postal Service is a Way to Put More Money into the Pockets of Low-Wage Workers and to Provide Banking to Americans in Rural and Urban Areas with Few Banking Options United for a Fair Eco...

January 19, 2015

Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Campaign for Postal Banking and State of the Dream Report: Underbanked and Overcharged

As we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, it is important to remember that the fight for civil rights included a call for economic justice. Nearly 50 years later, economic injustice is still the reality for the vast majority of wo...

January 6, 2015

Dimondstein Statement on Postmaster General’s Remarks to the National Press Club and his Verbal Attack on APWU