Understanding "Financialization" and How to Defeat It
What is “financialization” and why is it detrimental to the working class? The Campaign for Postal Banking explores this topic and the importance of responsible and sustainable financial services.
Pending Legislation Would Prevent Postal Banking Through the Fed
If partnered with the Federal Reserve, the postal service could expand banking access to everyone in the country, allowing individuals to general savings, pay bills, and conduct other basic financial services. But a new piece of legislation is...
First Steps Taken in Postal Banking Pilots
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In September, the Postal Service and the APWU announced that they had begun partnering on a limited proof-of-concept test of expanded postal...
New Research Shows Potential of Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In the last edition of The American Postal Worker, we noted that the growing momentum for expanded postal banking was meeting increased opposition....
Today’s Hearing and the Nomination by President Biden to Fill Vacancies on the USPS’ Board of Governors
Statement by American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein on Today’s Hearing on Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on a Sustainable Financial Footing and the Nomination by President Biden to Fill Vacancies on the USPS’ Board...