Press Release Census Should Partner With Post Office, Not ACORN “We already have a workforce that goes to every home” WASHINGTON D.C.–Today Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced he will introduce legislation requiring the Commerce Department’s execution of the 2010 Census to be conducted in partnership with the United States Post Office. The Census previously announced […]
Press Release frm the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Letter carriers across the country will collect non-perishable food donations Saturday (May 9) as they deliver mail along their postal routes in the nation’s largest one-day effort to Stamp Out Hunger. The 17 th annual Letter Carriers’ National Food Drive is being conducted by the National […]
NALC and USPS agree to Modified Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process: The NALC and the Postal Service have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement on a Modified Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process for 2009. Jointly issued details regarding each provision of the Agreement will follow. Click here to review the Memorandum of Agreement itself.
Over the years numerous songs have been recorded featuring letter carriers and how mail affects people lives in some way. Here is a song circa 1962 called “A Letter Full Of Tears” by Gladys Knight and the Pips (I have never heard of the song ). Ahem, just call me DJ Lu Lyrics Here comes the […]
Photo: Letter Carrier From Back In The Day. I wonder how old is this picture? Maybe 15 or 20 years old? source: Flickr Photos
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) The Office of Personnel Management has informed the Postal Service that it may offer voluntary early retirement to members of the city letter carrier craft. NALC President William H. Young said details of an early retirement agreement are being worked out and will be released once finalized.
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) President Young told delegates at the NALC Convention in Boston last week that “very little has been decided” about the possibility the Postal Service will extend to city letter carriers its pending “Voluntary Early Retirement” program for clerks, mail handlers and their supervisors. Young, who is in […]
BRENDAN DOANE, 37 Las Vegas U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Married two years Through rain or sleet or (more likely) desert heat, Brendan Doane never fails to carry the mail to its appointed destination. But no matter how dedicated he is to work, he’s even more passionate about his wife, Dayna. Read full story (Redbookmag.com) […]
Clinton to Address Letter Carriers’ Convention; Over 8,800 Delegates Heading to Boston Event Over 8,800 letter carriers are planning to convene in Boston July 21-25 as delegates to the 66th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers — the largest convention among AFL-CIO unions. The week-long event at the Boston Convention and […]
Description fom the Smithsonian Institution: This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. […]