Web News Article #: 168-14
09/15/2014 – With contract negotiations set to begin early next year, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of union members who will serve on the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordance with the APWU Constitution, each member of the National Executive Board names one person to the committee; a 13th member, appointed by the president, is a member of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Task Force.
The Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee provides input to the unionâs National Negotiating Team, which has full authority to negotiate the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. The committee must approve any tentative agreement before it can be sent to APWU members for a ratification vote.
Contract negotiations are set to begin in February, 90 days before the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on May 20, 2015.
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Mark Dimondstein President |
Annette August-Taylor President, Virginia Postal Workers Union |
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Debby Szeredy Executive Vice President |
Ron Suslak President, Queens Area Local |
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Elizabeth Powell Secretary-Treasurer |
Jonathan Smith President, New York Metro Postal Union |
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Tony D. McKinnon Sr. Director, Industrial Relations |
Daleo Freeman President, Cleveland Area Local |
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Clint Burelson Director, Clerk Division |
David Yao Executive Vice President, Greater Seattle Area Local |
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Steve Raymer Director, Maintenance Division |
Charlie Cash President, Salt Lake City Area Local |
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Michael Foster Director, MVS Division |
Robert Pritchard Trenton Metro Area Local |
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Steve Brooks Director, Support Services Division |
Chauncy Madere President, Western Supply Center Area Local |
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Sharyn Stone Central Region Coordinator |
LaTonia Smith President, Indianapolis Area Local |
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Mike Gallagher Eastern Region Coordinator |
Vince Tarducci President, Philadelphia BMC Local |
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John Dirzius Northeast Region Coordinator |
Robert Johnson President, Greater Connecticut Area Local |
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Kennith Beasley Southern Region Coordinator |
Yared Wonde President, Dallas Area Local |
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Omar Gonzalez Western Region Coordinator |
Lisa Herrera Executive Vice President, East Bay Area Local |
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Mark Dimondstein President |
Angela Garrett Deaf/Hard of Hearing Task Force |
via Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed | APWU.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
Office held, if any
LOCAL PRESIDENT 1974-1994, APWU DIR 1980-1983, PRESIDENT RETIREE CHAPTER
What a previous poster doesnât understand, is I am a retiree activist who loves the Union first, not a retired Unionist that promotes retirees over the good of the Union. And by the way, what is this nebulous representation that the poster and his ilk claim is being denied retirees? Our chapter has over 500 members. When I contact national it is not for ârepresentationâ, but because our printout roster is never correct. It doesnât take ârepresentationâ to straighten that out! What ârepresentationâ has been denied to the poster?
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
Southwest Coastal Area Local
Office held, if any
Retiree Chapter President
Full Representation for Retirees is a small cost to having a person on the rank and file committee.
Thanks John Richards for your continued support of retiree.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
Office held, if any
LOCAL PRESIDENT 1974-1994, APWU DIR 1980-1983, PRESIDENT RETIREE CHAPTER
An example of the wisdom of the recent Convention: If there had been three added to the Executive Board as was proposed, that would require three additional RFBAC Committee members, and the costs associated with that. Moreover, since the Retiree Director was one of the proposed, it is likely you would have had a retiree sitting on that committee.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
CNYAL
So, President Dimondstein gets two seats on the committee?