Dear Friend,

It’s official.

Just moments ago, President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again.

This is the greatest legislative victory for postal workers in a generation – and it’s all because of you.

“This is a historic achievement for our union,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “Congratulations to every postal worker who has organized for over a decade to ensure this long-needed postal reform legislation became law. The Postal Service Reform Act marks a tremendous victory for our union, for all postal workers, our families, and for the people of the country who depend on robust, reliable and sustainable universal postal services.”

With the passage of this historic act, the USPS will finally be placed on a path towards financial stability with the repeal of the onerous and financially debilitating pre-funding mandate.

There are many more fights ahead – to defend and expand our rights as postal workers and protect the USPS from attacks.

But today, let us celebrate this victory, and remember the lesson at the heart of our union’s founding. Everything we have, everything we’ve won, and everything we hope to win, depends upon one thing:

Solidarity.

Acting alone, we are powerless in the face of our opponents – the privatizers with their mountains of cash and their armies of lobbyists and lawyers are frighteningly powerful. No single one of us can defeat them alone.

But when we stand together – when thousands upon thousands of us each do our small part and take collective action – that is a force which can achieve anything.

Today’s historic victory belongs to you, brothers and sisters.

In solidarity,

The American Postal Workers Union