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Trump is reportedly mulling over disbanding US Postal Service leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/21/trump-disbanding-uspsFriday, February 21, 2025#SaveThePostOfficeUS Mail Not for SaleSave The Post OfficeU.S. Mail is Not for Sale!The move would end agency’s 250-year independence, possibly jeopardizing operations and ending its impartiality
Read More....Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service
February 20, 2025The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department.
The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department.
If this reporting is true, it would be an outrageous, unlawful attack on a storied national treasure, enshrined in the Constitution and created by Congress to serve every American home and business equally.
Any attack on the Postal Service would be part of the billionaire oligarch coup, directed not just at the postal workers our union represents, but the millions of Americans who rely on the critical public service our members provide every single day.
The public Postal Service is the low-cost anchor of a $1.2 trillion mail and shipping industry, which supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the country.
Efforts to privatize the Postal Service, in whole or in part, or to strip it of its independence or public service mission, would be of no benefit to the American people. Instead, it would drive up postage rates and lead to reduced service, especially to rural America.
Postal workers struck in 1970 to win collective bargaining rights and to rid the Post Office Department of the political patronage that crippled the Agency at that time.
The Postal Reorganization Act, which created the modern Postal Service after the strike, begins by saying “The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people.”
The law created the Postal Service as an independent Agency, freed from the shifting political winds, and dedicated to serving the American public. The law created the Postal Board of Governors, and empowers it and it alone to hire and fire the Postmaster General. Any effort by the Administration to remove the Board or fire postal executives is clearly illegal.
The Washington Post also reported that the Board of Governors intends to fight this hostile takeover of the public Postal Service. The APWU supports their efforts to defend our national treasure.
The Postal Service is owned by the people, for the benefit of the people. Postal workers are dedicated to our mission to serve, no matter who sits in the White House or in Congress.
Postal workers and our unions will join with the public to fight for the vibrant, independent, and public Postal Service we all deserve.
The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department.0
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Workers Memorial Day
On April 28, Stand Up for Safe Jobs!
On Workers’ Memorial Day, File a PS Form 1767 Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or Practice.
Virginia Postal Workers Union 2025 Spring Seminar and Convention
Spring Seminar: April 30 – May 1; Convention: May 1 – 3 | Room rate: 173.00/night (plus applicable taxes and fees). Reservation deadline: April 7. Block rate available for dates 4/29 – 5/4. | Click here to book group rate for Virginia Postal Workers Union | Registration: Convention delegate/Guest: $50; Seminar $50. Click for the VPWU Seminar Schedule and VPWU Convention flyer. Register at VAPWU.org
April 30, 2025 – 9:30AM to May 3, 2025 – 5:00PMDelta Hotels Virginia Beach2800 Shore Drive,
VA Beach, VA 23451
LocalNoYes2025-02-19 00:00:00Virginia Postal Workers Union 2025 Spring Seminar and ConventionThe VPWU Executive Board is excited to announce the convening of our State Convention on May 1, 2025 @ 1:30 PM through May 3, 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA. The Board is working hard to ensure all delegates have a comfortable learning environment. Therefore, please notify us not later than April 4, 2025 if you have a special need request. We have also planned our Spring Seminar (April 30-May 1) which includes information and training to help move us forward in the struggle to protect the rights of our members. Click for the VPWU Seminar Schedule and VPWU Convention flyer.
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Room rate: 173.00/night (plus applicable taxes and fees). Reservation deadline: April 7. Block rate available for dates 4/29 – 5/4.
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Convention Delegate/Guest fee: $100.00, Spring Seminar fee: $50.00 (include 1 ½ days of instruction and information)
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Please visit VAPWU.Org for directions to submit registration fees for the State Convention and Spring Seminar
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Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Postmaster General DeJoy’s Announced Departure
February 18, 2025APWU President Mark Dimondstein provides a statement on the announced departure of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Postmaster GeneralPresidentMark Dimondstein
Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy has informed the Postal Board of Governors that he will soon depart the Postal Service. The Board of Governors, who by law is solely responsible for hiring the PMG, will begin the process of identifying DeJoy’s successor and DeJoy has committed to working with the Board to ensure a smooth transition once the Board has chosen the next PMG.
The APWU calls on the Board to appoint a Postmaster General who values the important role the public Postal Service plays in communities across the country. At this critical moment for the Postal Service, we need a PMG who is committed to making the USPS a world-class delivery and service provider, able to meet the changing demands of our digital age with an unmatched physical and human network.
To do this, the next Postmaster General must recognize and respect the postal workers who make the USPS run, our health and safety, our union rights, and our commitment to serving the public.
Postal workers are proud to reach 167 million addresses six days a week, “binding the Nation together” as the law requires us to do. The Postal Service, enshrined in the Constitution, is older than the country itself. And as we saw during the pandemic, or following natural disasters, postal workers never stop working to serve our communities and provide the essential services they need.
Now, in a moment when public servants are under severe attack, postal workers and the people we serve in every state and every Congressional district, are prepared to defend our critical public service and ensure the continued success of a vibrant, public Postal Service for generations to come.
Postal workers are deeply dedicated to the long-term success of the Postal Service and our union calls on the Board to select a Postmaster General who shares our goals of improving and expanding service and investing in the public servants who make the Postal Service a true national treasure.
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Read More....2025 Missouri State Convention
Room rate: $155/night. Group code: MPWU0625 Reservation deadline: May 26, 2025.
June 22, 2025 – 9:45AM to June 25, 2025 – 5:45PMCamden on the Lake Resort2359 Bittersweet Road
Lake Ozark, MO
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Camden on the Lake Resort
2359 Bittersweet Road
Lake Ozark, MO
Room rate: $155/night. Group code: MPWU0625 Reservation deadline: May 26, 2025.
Registration
The registration fee is being waived. Registration includes lunch on June 25. If you are a Missouri State delgate, please include your registration alon/ with your credentials signed by your Local President and Secretary.Treasruer. Local dues must be current.
Mail your registration and credentials to:
Catrina Dawson, Sec/Treasurer MPWU
PO Box 2
Sikeston, MO 633801-0002
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2025 VER Q&A Addendums
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Maintenance Webinar: PTR Settlement Payment Distribution and Full Time Conversion Update
The Maintenance Craft is presenting a webinar to discuss the $15 million distribution of funds. Over 75 percent of eligible Part-Time Regulars (PTRs) have already been paid up-to-date.
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The Danger of Trump’s Plan for a Private USPS
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-cut-doge-post-office-usps/Tuesday, February 11, 2025US Mail Not for SaleU.S. Mail is Not for Sale!Mother Jones interview with President Mark Dimondstein January 2025
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