#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty Letter Carriers Honored for Heroic Actions http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Community-Services/Letter-Carriers-Honored-for-Heroic-Actions On a December morning last year, when Connecticut Letter Carriers (NALC) member Jermaine Shirley smelled smoke in an apartment building, he called 911, alerted residents and caught two young children thrown from a window as fire engulfed the building. For that quick action, Shirley was honored today as NALC’s 2014 National Hero of the Year. At a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Shirley and several other letter carriers were recognized for their acts of bravery, including...