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News Article | March 1, 2015

UNI Congress in Cape Town: ‘Ubuntu’

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Two APWU officers – Retirees Director Judy Beard and Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson – attended UNI Global Union’s Fourth Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, in early December, which foc...

News Article | March 1, 2015

APWU, Allies Launch ‘Campaign for Postal Banking’

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A coalition of consumer organizations, financial reform groups, faith-based organizations and workers’ groups, including the APWU, announced the formation of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Jan. 19...

Press Release | February 1, 2015

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

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

Press Release | January 19, 2015

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

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

Press Release | January 19, 2015

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

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

News Article | January 19, 2015

Postal Unions, Allies Launch ‘Campaign for Postal Banking’

A coalition of consumer organizations, financial reform groups, faith-based organizations and workers' representative – including the APWU and the other postal unions – announced the formation of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Jan. 19. The coalition is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to expan...

Press Release | January 6, 2015

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

News Article | December 16, 2014

The Case for Postal Banking

APWU President Mark Dimondstein spells out the case for postal banking in response to “The Case Against Postal Banking," a post on the Mother Jones website by blogger Kevin Drum. “Kevin Drum should do his homework,” Dimondstein writes in an article that explains why the USPS is uniquely qualified to...

News Article | July 24, 2014

Postal Banking: An Urgent Public Need

Nearly 150 Convention delegates attended the Postal Banking Forum on Wednesday after the convention adjourned. The session, moderated by Eastern Region Coordinator Mike Gallagher, included Denis Lemelin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Jose Sayagues, federal secretary of the Spain...

News Article | March 1, 2014

Is Postal Banking an Idea Whose Time Has Come?

The USPS Office of Inspector General sparked quite a controversy when it published a white paper in late January that endorsed a concept postal unions have quietly supported for years: The Postal Service should provide basic financial services to the 68 million American adults who don't have bank ac...