# Postal worker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Postal_worker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Postal_worker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_worker > Source revision: 1304588758 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Person who works for a post office}} {{Globalize|article|USA|2name=the United States|date=September 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} [[File:San Francisco Postal Workers (2551051332).jpg|thumb|Postal workers in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), 1890]] A '''postal worker''' is one who works for a [post office](/source/post_office), such as a [mail](/source/mail) carrier. In the [U.S.](/source/United_States), postal workers are represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers, [AFL–CIO](/source/AFL%E2%80%93CIO), National Postal Mail Handlers Union – NPMHU, the National Association of Rural Letter Carriers and the [American Postal Workers Union](/source/American_Postal_Workers_Union), part of the AFL–CIO. In [Canada](/source/Canada), they are represented by the [Canadian Union of Postal Workers](/source/Canadian_Union_of_Postal_Workers) and in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) by the [Communication Workers Union](/source/Communication_Workers_Union_(UK)). The US Postal Service employs around 584,000 people.[http://www.lunewsviews.com/postal-employees-stats-at-a-glance.htm Postal Employees Stats at a Glance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131110549/http://lunewsviews.com/postal-employees-stats-at-a-glance.htm |date=31 January 2009}} The bulk of these work as: *Service clerks – Sell stamps and postage, help people pick up packages and assist with other services such as passports. *[Mail sorter](/source/Mail_sorter)s – Physically sort the mail to go to the correct place. As automation has become more common, some of these people now operate the sorting machines. *Mail carriers – Deliver the mail. In densely populated areas this is done on foot. In [urban area](/source/urban_area)s the carriers often use a [mail truck](/source/mail_truck) and drive and walk different parts of their routes. In rural areas, carriers drive to most of their stops. *Vehicle Operator – Drive the truck/vehicle carrying mails/pallets and dispatch from one place to another. The phrase was not very often used until a spate of [workplace violence](/source/workplace_violence) incidents by postal workers in the mid-1990s made headlines; the incidents led to the coining of the phrase "[going postal](/source/going_postal)". ==Notable postal workers== *[Charles Bukowski](/source/Charles_Bukowski), writer and poet *[John Prine](/source/John_Prine), American [country folk](/source/country_folk) singer-songwriter ==Postal workers in fiction== *[The Postman](/source/The_Postman) *[Postman Pat](/source/Postman_Pat) *[Mr. McFeely](/source/Mr._McFeely) *[Cliff Clavin](/source/Cliff_Clavin) *[Jacob Singer](/source/Jacob's_Ladder_(1990_film)) *[Newman](/source/Newman_(Seinfeld)) (''[Seinfeld](/source/Seinfeld)'' character) *''[The Postman Always Rings Twice](/source/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(novel))'' ==See also== *[United States Postal Service creed](/source/United_States_Postal_Service_creed) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == *[https://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/employees-1926-2010.pdf] *[http://npmhu317.rocket-city.us/ Alabama- NPMHU State Local 317] *[https://www.apwu.org American Postal Workers Union] {{United States Postal Service}} {{Postal system}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Postal Worker}} Category:Government occupations Category:United States Postal Service --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Postal worker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_worker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_worker?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.