Postal Strike in March 1970

[rich]

did u guys know there was a postal strike in March 1970? the military
distributing the mail...

The strike began on March 18, 1970. More than 210,000 United States
Post Office Department workers were eventually involved, although
initially the strike affected only workers in New York City.
President Nixon appeared on national television and ordered the
employees back to work, but his address only stiffened the resolve of
the existing strikers and angered workers in another 671 locations in
other cities into walking out as well. Workers in other government
agencies also announced they would strike if Nixon pursued legal
action against the postal employees.
The strike crippled the nation's mail system, disrupting delivery of
pension and welfare checks, tax refunds, census forms, and draft
notices. Businesses hired planes and trucks to deliver publications
and letters.
Nixon spoke to the nation again on March 25 and ordered 24 000
military personnel forces to begin distributing the mail.[citation
needed] Operation Graphic Hand had at its peak more than 18 500
military personnel assigned to 17 New York post offices, from regular
Army, National Guard, Army Reserve, Air National Guard and Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps Reserve.[1] The military proved ineffective at
the task.[citation needed]
Negotiations, in which United States Secretary of Labor William Usery,
Jr. played a key role, resolved the postal strike in just two weeks.