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The Hartmann Report

Broadcasting LIVE from the American Postal Workers Union

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Thom is live today from APWU. Mark Dimondstein, President, Judy Beard, Director and Clint Burelson, Clerk Craft Director all join Thom. Plus - the new of the day.

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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman Program.

0:15.0

Greetings my friends, Patriots, Lovers of Democracy, Truth and Justice,

0:20.0

Believers in Peace, Freedom, and The American Way.

0:22.0

We are live here at the American Postal Workers Union, the

0:26.0

APWU, and here in Washington, D.C. doing our show and the special tip of the hat and

0:32.0

thanks to the AP WU for for having us here and

0:36.5

Mark Dimonstein is the president of the union sitting right here with me

0:40.1

Mark welcome.

0:41.1

Thank you great to be here and welcome to the American Postal Workers'

0:45.0

Thank you.

0:46.0

Tell me about your union. I know there's, there's also the letter carriers union.

0:48.0

What's the difference between the two of you and what do you all do?

0:50.0

Well, the American Postal Workers Union represents 200,000 of the 500,000 postal workers

0:55.8

in the United States.

0:57.3

We represent the people you would go buy stamps from in the retail units.

1:00.6

We represent the people that sort the mail off and during the night so it can get to your homes and apartments the next day.

1:07.0

We represent the people that maintain the buildings and the machinery and we represent the people that drive the trucks and also the people that keep it all

1:14.8

going with the information technology and the accounting side of the Postal Service.

1:18.9

That's a lot.

1:19.9

And there's a lot of proud to, a lot of proud postal workers that we represent

1:23.7

very proud to serve the people of the country.

1:25.4

Yeah that's a marvelous thing it is so let's talk about the post office as an

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