Executive Council Statement
On the Retirement of William H. Young
… young shop steward in San Luis Obispo Branch 52 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, filed a grievance to protect the rights of one of his branch members. It turned out to be the beginning of a remarkable career in the modern union movement. It was not long before Young's union sisters and … Region 1 in San Francisco, they chose him to be regional administrative assistant and then national business agent. His work in California was so widely respected that he was asked in 1990 to come to NALC headquarters in Washington, D.C., where …