WASHINGTON – The head of the 302,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers, which had been one of the first unions to support Sen. Hillary Clinton in her presidential primary bid but then enthusiastically worked to elect Sen. Barack Obama, today applauded the historic election of Senator Obama as President and Sen. Joseph Biden as vice president.

NALC President William H. Young issued the following statement:

“Letter carriers have been on the front line all across America helping to deliver votes to Senator Obama and we are excited and inspired by his election and what it means for the future of this nation. We are confident that he and Senator Biden will deliver to America a new day for working men and women and their families and bring an end to eight years of governmental neglect of the middle class.”

“With President Obama and Vice President Biden at the White House and Senator Clinton and her Democratic colleagues shepherding legislation through Congress, every worker can be assured they have advocates at the highest level of government who share their concerns and agenda.”

During the fall campaign, after the union’s biennial convention endorsed Obama, over 300 letter carrier activists were dispersed to work for the Obama-Biden ticket and pro-labor Senate and House candidates in 31 states throughout the nation.