USPS Postal Union Directory
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The USPS employs more people than any company in the United States except Wal-Mart. It employed 790,000 personnel in 2003, divided into offices, processing centers, and actual post offices. USPS employees are divided into three major crafts according to the work they engage in. Each craft is covered by a collective bargaining contract with their respective unions.
* Letter Carriers, also referred to as mailmen or mail-carriers; are the public face of the USPS. As the front line, carriers are routinely pressured to move faster, work harder, and perform more tasks in a timed manner. The most stressful of crafts, carriers are watched, timed and inspected more than any other employees. NALC
* Rural Carriers, also referred to as the post office on wheels. Rural Carriers often deliver mail from privately-owned vehicles and are paid by the mile for the use of their vehicles. Rural Carriers wear civilian clothes and are often mistaken for contract carriers. NRLCA
* Mail handlers and processors often work in the evening and night to prepare standard mail and bulk goods for the carriers to deliver. Work is physically strenuous, especially for mail handlers; many mailbags loaded from and onto trucks weigh as much as 70 pounds (32 kg).NPMHU
* Clerks sort and/ or case first and second class mail as well as standard and bulk rate mail. Clerks also work in the post offices, handling customer needs, receiving express mail, and selling stamps. APWU
* Letter Carriers, also referred to as mailmen or mail-carriers; are the public face of the USPS. As the front line, carriers are routinely pressured to move faster, work harder, and perform more tasks in a timed manner. The most stressful of crafts, carriers are watched, timed and inspected more than any other employees. NALC
* Rural Carriers, also referred to as the post office on wheels. Rural Carriers often deliver mail from privately-owned vehicles and are paid by the mile for the use of their vehicles. Rural Carriers wear civilian clothes and are often mistaken for contract carriers. NRLCA
* Mail handlers and processors often work in the evening and night to prepare standard mail and bulk goods for the carriers to deliver. Work is physically strenuous, especially for mail handlers; many mailbags loaded from and onto trucks weigh as much as 70 pounds (32 kg).NPMHU
* Clerks sort and/ or case first and second class mail as well as standard and bulk rate mail. Clerks also work in the post offices, handling customer needs, receiving express mail, and selling stamps. APWU
