APWU President Jonathan Smith on "Pseudo-Privatization" and the Future of Your Mail

Is the U.S. Postal Service being set up to fail?

In this episode of the America’s Work Force Union Podcast, we sit down with Jonathan Smith, the new President of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). Smith, a second-generation postal worker who rose through the ranks from a New Jersey bulk mail center, pulls back the curtain on the "pseudo-privatization" strategies threatening one of America’s most trusted public institutions.

We dive deep into:

• The Privatization Playbook: How profitable mail operations are being siphoned off to private interests, leaving the public with the bill.
• The Staffing Crisis: Why those long lines at your local post office aren't an accident—they are a service issue rooted in understaffing.
• Vote-by-Mail Under Fire: Why protecting the mail-in ballot is a nonpartisan, constitutional necessity for rural communities, veterans, and seniors.
• Labor’s Legacy: A look back at the 1970 Postal Strike and why a new generation of workers must organize to protect middle-class, blue-collar pathways.

The Postal Service is more than just a delivery business; it’s a public obligation. Join us as President Smith outlines the APWU’s mission to ensure the USPS remains a prompt, efficient and universal service for every American.



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