{"id":39108,"date":"2026-03-07T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39108"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:51:50","slug":"pappas-budzinski-postal-caucus-co-chairs-convene-roundtable-with-union-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/03\/07\/pappas-budzinski-postal-caucus-co-chairs-convene-roundtable-with-union-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pappas, Budzinski, Postal Caucus Co-Chairs Convene Roundtable with Union Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

3\/6\/26 –\u00a0 Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01)<\/strong>,\u00a0Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13)<\/strong>,\u00a0Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01)<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02)<\/strong>, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, convened a roundtable with leaders from postal unions to discuss how the caucus can support them in protecting postal workers and improving mail delivery for constituents.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrompt and reliable mail and package deliveries are essential for our families\u2019 well-being, small businesses\u2019 financial stability, and communities\u2019 economic growth. That service would not be possible without the thousands of dedicated professionals who deliver mail,\u201d said\u00a0Congressman Pappas<\/strong>. \u201cIt was great to join postal union leaders and Postal Service Caucus members for a roundtable discussion to talk about how we can continue to strengthen mail service and support these dedicated workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thrilled to bring together leaders from America\u2019s postal unions for the first roundtable of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus today,\u201d said\u00a0Congresswoman Budzinski<\/strong>. \u201cAs we face distinct challenges like lagging delivery rates and rural post office closures, I will continue to work with my fellow co-chairs to fight back against the misguided Regional Transportation Optimization plan and deliver the reform necessary to ensure USPS meets the needs of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDelivering mail in rural America comes with challenges that are often overlooked,\u201d said\u00a0Congressman Bergman<\/strong>. \u201cIn Northern Michigan and the UP, postal workers travel long distances across small towns and rural roads to serve their communities. They\u2019re not just delivering mail \u2013 they\u2019re delivering medications, checks, and a lifeline for seniors, veterans, and families in remote areas. As the Congressional Postal Service Caucus looks at the future of the Postal Service, we must keep the people who serve these communities front and center.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labor unions are on the forefront of postal service operations. Organizations represented at the meeting included the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, the National Association of Postal Supervisors, the American Postal Workers Union, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, and United Postmasters and Managers of America.<\/p>\n

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3\/6\/26 –\u00a0 Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01),\u00a0Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13),\u00a0Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01),\u00a0and\u00a0Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, convened a roundtable with leaders from postal unions to discuss how the caucus can support them in protecting postal workers and improving mail delivery for constituents. \u201cPrompt and reliable mail and package […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39109,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39108\/revisions\/39109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}