Mark Dimondstein: New direction for USPS in new administration?

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Mark Dimondstein: New direction for USPS in new administration?

Both the U.S. Postal Service and its labor unions have been pleading with Congress for several years, hoping for a reform bill that would help return USPS to fi...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

December 21, 2016 11:27 am

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Mark Dimondstein, president, American Postal Workers Union

Both the U.S. Postal Service and its labor unions have been pleading with Congress for several years, hoping for a reform bill that would help return USPS to financial health. It hasn’t happened yet, but the start of a new Congress in January brings another chance for lawmakers to try. Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents about 200-thousand postal employees. We recorded a wide-ranging interview earlier this week about the union’s priorities on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.