Episode 7: The National Contract
It is Coolman’s 50th day in a non-pay Emergency Placement status. Nobody on either side (management or NALC) seems terribly interested in his return to work and acting as a Union Steward at Wallingford Station. This week Wallingford Station had absolutely no Union Representation!
Today, Coolman continues his background lessons designed to reach both City Letter Carriers as well as the general public (aka — Customers) with information on our National Contract. In Part 1 of the Contract entitle, “Determination and Sacrifice” Coolman highlights the conditions that led the Great Postal Strike on 1970. Hundreds of thousnds of past City Letter Carries risked everything for higher wages, better working conditions and COLLECTIVE BARGANING in the form of a National Contract.
The Great Postal Strike of 1970
As Report by the New York Times
New York Times Articles March 18, 1970 — Mail Carriers Go On Strike in Manhattan and Bronx
New York Times Articles March 19, 1970 — Mail Service is Paralyzed by Postal Systems’s First Strike; Business Beginning to Feel Pinch
New York Times Articles March 20, 1970 — Union Walkout Heading to Midwest Cities, Union Heads Meet Today
New York Times Articles March 21, 1970 — U.S. and Mail Union Chiefs Agree on Peace Plan
New York Times Articles March 22, 1070 — Walkout Widens
New York Times Articles March 23, 1970 — Negotiations Set
New York Times Articles March 24, 1970 — Military in Post Offices, Begins Handling the Mail
New York Times Articles March 25, 1970 — Union Faces Fines
New York Times Articles March 26, 1970 — Troops Move Out
New York Times Articles March 27, 1970 — Postal Unions Open Pay Talks with U.S. and Mail Deliveries Resumed but Guardsmen Are Kept
The Postal Record — The Great Postal Strike
The Postal Record March 2020 — The Great Postal Strike