letter carriers

Letter carrier honored for heroism and humanity

October 21, 2013 By John Rummel

"From the first day I put the uniform on, I knew it was the job I wanted to retire from."

Your mailman’s diary: I called him Glovebox

October 1, 2013 By John Dick

I met Gregg for the first time as I walking down his street. Orchard Grove is a pretty little street in my town, and when I glanced sideways one day I see this dude polishing his...

A tribute to Paul C. Neal

September 3, 2013 By Joelle Fishman

Paul C. Neal died one month before his 64th birthday.In addition to many wonderful stories from his family, his union president and a minister who lived on his mail delivery route both spoke eloquently.

Today in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded

August 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.

New Senate bill would virtually end USPS

August 6, 2013 By Bill Brickley

WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper has moved the United States Postal Service one big step closer to extinction this weekend by introducing his new Postal Reform Act (S. 1486).