George Mignosi, NALC Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, has represented letter carriers in metropolitan New York for more than two decades before moving to headquarters.

He began his postal career in 1979 at the GPO in New York City as a clerk, but soon moved to the carrier craft and became a member of Brooklyn Branch 41 in 1980.

By 1986, he was an NALC shop steward at Canarsie Station and was elected as a delegate to the 1986 NALC Convention in St. Paul.

His experience at that 55th national convention was unforgettable and “career-changing. For the first time, I really saw and understood the power letter carriers could bring to themselves,” Mignosi said. “I learned that we are stronger, that we are empowered, when we work together to enforce the National Agreement on the workroom floor. I came home charged up.”

Mignosi served Branch 41 in a series of increasingly responsible offices— assistant financial secretary, vice president, and vice president/chief steward. In 1999, NALC President Vincent R.
Sombrotto selected him to serve as a full-time RAA in Region 15.

He was appointed Region 15’s National Business Agent in February 2002 to fill a vacancy, and was elected to that office by acclamation at the Philadelphia Convention later that year. At the 2006 National Convention in Las Vegas, he was elected Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, again by acclamation.

In his newest role as a Resident National officer, Mignosi has plans to help the union expand, become more efficient, and take advantage of the latest technology.

Mignosi and his wife, Cheri, have two daughters.