Postal workers and the rise of collective bargaining -- Rising expectations and brewing conflict -- The strike begins -- The strike ends -- Aftershocks and postal reorganization -- The U.S. Postal Service and the postal unions in the 1970s -- Almost striking again, arbitration, and automation,...

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal...