George C. Mignosi was elected vice president of the National Association of Letter Carriers in July 2010 by the 67th Biennial Convention in Anaheim.

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

By 1986, he was an NALC shop steward at Canarsie Station and was attended the 1986 NALC Convention in St. Paul.

His experience at that 55th national convention was unforgettable and “career-changing,” he said.

“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 regional administrative assistant for New York Region 15.

He was appointed Region 15 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 July 2009, NALC President Fredric V. Rolando appointed him vice president to fill a vacancy.