The United States Postal Services hires the largest numbers of veterans, yet their future of these jobs could be in jeopardy due to Republican policy. Ed Schultz and President of the American Postal Workers Union, Mark Dimondstein discuss.
“Postmaster General Donahoe is implementing one of the greatest threats to the public Postal Service to date,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein says in a new video. Standing in front of the National Postal Museum, Dimondstein adds, “This is where Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe would permanently put the public Postal Service.” Dimondstein urges viewers to participate […]
POSTAL UNION PREZ TO POSTMASTER: ADIOS: In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Mark Dimondstein, president of the 200,000 member American Postal Workers Union, calls for the resignation of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe “and the promotion of a Postmaster who is gonna do right by the people of this country.” Dimondstein says that Donahoe is on […]
July 22, 2014 – “Attacks are being waged from all quarters – Congress, Wall Street and the Postmaster General himself,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein said in the opening of his “State of Our Union” message to the delegates at the union’s 22nd national convention. “Privatization is not a distant danger but a direct and immediate […]
May 30, 2014 – The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got a significant boost on May 30, when the AFL-CIO notified the APWU [PDF] it would support the boycott of the office-supply chain. The labor federation is comprised of 56 unions representing 12.5 million members. “Our brothers and sisters in the labor movement are key allies in […]
Republicans love to attack the U.S. Postal Service, this time through an extremely misleading report skewing the numbers about profits.
The Sign on the Door Says It All Post Offices Close Early, Send Customers to Staples May 15, 2014 – Hours have been cut at 16 post offices within a five-mile radius of the San Francisco Staples store that has a postal counter, according to information obtained by the APWU. A sign on the post […]
That’s not ‘easy,’ at least not for unions A new partnership between the U.S. Postal Service and corporate giant Staples could be detrimental to union workers. Ed Schultz and Mark Dimondstein discuss the impact.
King of hearings Rep. Darrell Issa continues his relentless attack against the United States Postal Service. Ed Schultz and Mark Dimondstein discuss.
In a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Feb. 20, the APWU strenuously opposed a USPS proposal to reduce service standards for Standard Mail. The USPS has asked the Commission for an advisory opinion on the proposal, which the USPS claims would alleviate a problem with heavy workloads on Monday by permitting delivery on Tuesday […]