A 30-plus-year history of union leadership reached a new height for Mike Gill when he was elected National Trustee by acclamation at the 2006 Las Vegas Convention.

Gill, a veteran member of South Florida Branch 1071 based in Miami, started his career with the Postal Service in 1973. “As a second-generation letter carrier, I understood the importance of the NALC,” Gill said. “I saw the need to assist my fellow letter carriers because of the injustice that took place on the workroom floor,” particularly on behalf of carriers who were frustrated or exploited in their dealings with “unreasonable” postal managers.

In 1981, Gill was elected Branch 1071’s treasurer. Nine years letter, the branch membership voted him in as executive vice president, and in 2002 he was elected branch president. The branch, one of NALC’s largest, is also one of the best organized in the nation, with more than 98 percent of all carriers belonging to the union.

As a National Trustee, Gill has three main goals: to strive to improve the work life of letter carriers; to help make the NALC strong as it addresses the challenges it faces, from Congress to collective bargaining, from COLCPE to the e-Activist Network; and to educate the membership about the importance of staying involved in all of these areas.

Gill and his wife, Denise, are the parents of two adult children, Brett and Katie.