Greetings APWU Sisters and Brothers, 
I am deeply honored to be elected by the membership to the office of APWU National President and greatly appreciate the many activists around the country that passionately worked for change and made this victory possible. This election victory belongs to the people.
I congratulate the fine candidates I ran with on the APWU Members First Team, most of whom also were given a strong vote of confidence by the membership, as well as congratulate all candidates who were re-elected to office.
I also join with many in our union family in thanking the outgoing officers for their years of service to the APWU.
The APWU membership has spoken decisively for a new direction in our union as we face the challenges of protecting our jobs, our retirement and our public postal service from the postal privatizers on Wall Street, in Congress and even in postal headquarters.
To be successful we will need maximum unity. I very much appreciate outgoing APWU President Cliff Guffey’s gracious statement: “I hope everyone will get behind the new administration. We have tough times ahead and we’re going to need unity.”
In this spirit of unity we look forward to working with all APWU members, our sister postal unions, the labor movement and the people of this country as together we stand up and fight back to win the best possible future for postal workers, our communities and working people.
Solidarity Forever!
Mark Dimondstein
APWU President-Elect
The Postal Service is eligible to use their Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Subsidy to reduce their healthcare costs by up to 65% with no net cost to the employees no direct cost to the Postal Service, and change none of their healthcare plans or policies. They only need to have the IRS provide a PLR, or have their tax law or accounting firm provide a Legal Opinion Letter. The use of this available tax subsidy could also be used to help reduce the prepaid future healthcare costs, which could reduce the $5.7 billion annual payment by $3.7 billion freeing up those funds to help the USPS recover from the Congressional mandated abusive payments designed to bankrupt the system. The APWU, and USPS Leadership can work together to institute these saving to save up to $5.1 billion annually. Maybe you should push for these savings to take place now.
My name is Isaac H and I have been working for the post office for almost a year now after retiring from the Military, my questions is as a PSE custodian, we’re been treated like a second class citizens on the the USPS, we are almost entire to nothing including benefits, working harder than so many regulars on many of the facilities, what benefits do we have paying union does for nothing, is there any glimpse of light for as to conversions any time soon ??
I have worked for the post office since 1988. But 1993 counts cause I was a te and causual so 1993 a ptf a boss fill in and ordered for office some one breaks down in llv I do the route and I’m a window clerk . I was just told to me I will be a ntft I worked 52 hour before and I was forced to be a ntft. My union person said I have to take it. What happens if I don’t want it! This I a big problem cause my husband and I don’t understand how I’m force to be a ntft. My union tom and my postmaster said no. And 13 days later said I’m the ntft. The problem is I was told two differs things and my husband and I want the truth . And my husband is so pissed of what I do and he and I think it is not right. The big issue is my husband wants to call carl monday that I’m being taking advantage of and I should have a chose . He will not let it rest until he and I have a answer. But he will call his lawyer so we don’t get the shaft. He knows so many people and thinks it is not right but I don’t want to make a issue I want the truth but he is all into the news to get the right answer. Can a ptf refuse a ntft job? That is all we want to know cause we were told yes you can