ear ney ▁Mic ropol itan ▁Statist ical ▁Area ▁Category : T own ships ▁in ▁Neb r aska <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁H . ▁Young ▁( born ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 4 6 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁labor ▁union ▁leader . ▁He ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Association ▁of ▁Let ter ▁Car riers ▁( N AL C ) ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁the ▁A FL - C IO . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Young ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁San ▁Luis ▁Ob is po , ▁California ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Post al ▁Service ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁shortly ▁after ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁high ▁school . ▁After ▁serving ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁Army , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁postal ▁service ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁shop ▁ste ward ▁of ▁N AL C ▁Branch ▁ 1 1 1 5 ▁( l ater ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁Central ▁California ▁Coast ▁Branch ▁ 5 2 ) ▁and ▁became ▁its ▁president ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁In ▁the ▁succeed ing ▁years ▁he ▁rose ▁through ▁the ▁union ▁hierarchy ▁first ▁at ▁state , ▁then ▁at ▁national ▁level . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁national ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁union ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁national ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁president ▁of ▁the