As local and state president for many years I am uniquely qualified to address all of the issues affecting our members. As a National Officer I will represent all crafts when our rights are denied. Effective communication with all locals is our pathway to success. We must engage in regular interaction with each other to share ideas and jointly develop action plans.
I am not retired – my opponent has been retired for the last 20 years. He has not dealt with the dramatic changes that have affected our lives and employment. Why is this important? How can a coordinator represent the membership when he is not a postal employee and has not been on the workroom floor for 2 decades?
The Eastern Region needs a full time representative and an active employee to be their voice on the Executive Board. I will bring a fresh voice and progressive ideas to deal with further closings and consolidations of plants and excessing scheduled in 2017. The track record for the last 6 years has not been too good.
The grievance arbitration process is defective in the Trenton Local and other locals within the Eastern Region due to the lack of scheduling of arbitration hearings and game playing by the Postal Service. The Postal Service knows the Eastern Region has a non-functioning grievance arbitration process, what has the incumbent regional coordinator done over the past 5 years to correct this?
I will work tirelessly to correct our broken arbitration process.
I have successfully negotiated countless agreements with proper compensation. Since our contractual dispute system is a huge failure. Currently, I have been successful in converting PSEs in our plants, I believe in conversion not reversion. The 204 B issues have brought thousands of dollars to my members for violations. Post Plan over 15 hours has yielded 4 of the highest payouts in the country. We must hold management accountable.
As president of the Trenton Metro Area Local #1020, I was successful in ensuring that the Trenton P&DC was taken back from the brink of anthrax laden demolition and closure to a fully restored and viable mail processing plant.
Under my stewardship, the Trenton Metro Area Local, through congressional communication and positive APWU marketing, successfully prevented the USPS from closing the Trenton P&DC forever.
As a staunch advocate for the APWU, in Trenton, I have secured thousands of grievance and arbitration victories for members of all crafts including a 5.3 million dollar travel compensation settlement.
My record of availability to all locals, large and small is second to none.
I continue to stand up and fight the injustices we face in the Postal Service and will always oppose those who deny us our rights.Before you vote – ask yourself, what has the incumbent Eastern Regional Coordinator done for my local? Vote William âBillâ Lewis for responsive, involved and experienced leadership in our Eastern Region.
For more about my candidacy, please visit Billlewistmal.com or facebook.com/electbilllewis2016
First Name: Bill
Last Name: Lewis
Email: Billlewistmal@aol.com
Union/Local: Trenton Metro Area Local #1020
Office held if any: President
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
TMAL 1020
Office held, if any
Industrial Relations Director
Is that all you have Mike? I believe all members in good standing have the right to run for office. Where does it state in the Constitutution that only Philly Boys are allowed to run for national office?
BTW, where were you Mike during the Anthrax? Did someone tell you to hide? While you boys were hiding, Bill Lewis was fighting to reopen the facility and he did. Not only the Trenton P&DC reopened, but Bill Lewis won 5.3 million dollar travel compensation settlement for his members.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
Philly BMC Local #7048
Office held, if any
President, Philadelphia BMC Local #7048, National Business Agent 1989 to 2007, Eastern Region Coordinator 2007 to current day
My opponent will continue to post his lies but I cannot continue to respond as I have a very demanding job serving the membership of this great Union. But here are some immediate observations.
1) My Opponent: Terrible Judgment
He has keep on an attorney for his Local and the NJ State organization for years that represented a lawsuit against the former Eastern Region Coordinator. This lawsuit was defended against by the APWU. This lawsuit was finally withdrawn but it cost our dues paying members $44,844.58 to defend against. Contact me for the details.
2) My Opponent: Pathetic Advocacy
He has only handled a handful of cases years ago in arbitration and lost almost all of them. Check it out on SEARCH. He then thankfully quit as an advocate many years ago.
Although he has run to be an NBA a number of times and now for Regional Coordinator, a prerequisite is that you have to have a demonstrated history as a winner in negotiating and arbitrating. If management knows you are just a bumbler why would they settle anything with you? I have a very, very long history of winning advocacy. Check it out on SEARCH.
In fact, just in my opponentâs home installation, I have won more tripartite jurisdictional disputes (the most challenging type of arbitration) than he has won total cases of any kind in his career. Check out the section on arbitration wins on my webpage, MIKEGALLAGHER2016ERC.COM.
3) My Opponent: 3 Time Loser in National Election
He has run in the last 3 elections against my friend and one of the best and most talented National Business Agents in the country, Maintenance NBA Bill LaSalle. In 2007and 2010 he was rejected overwhelmingly in the membershipâs vote. In 2013 he was eligible to be on the ballot again for Maintenance NBA but I talked him out of it and he withdrew before the deadline.
These kinds of nuisance candidates should be banned constitutionally from running over and over again.
4) My Opponent: Criticizes me for voting for the last CBA
While my opponent now criticizes me for endorsing the last contract, the records show that his own Local and State organization both voted to ratify the last contract, and so did over 75% of our Locals nationwide.
5) My Opponent: Article 12 and Excessing
Our record in the Eastern Region is one of reducing or eliminating most excessing events. Ask your NBAs that are involved with me in every excessing event, Rachel Walthall, Bill LaSalle, Ken Prinz or Jeff Kehlert. My opponent has even mocked the locals in the area that have been excessed into his local as weaklings.
6) My Opponent: Now claims he is an Educator
Over the last 8 years I have run a Tri State Educational Conference in DE, NJ and PA and every year I ask him for suggestions of what programs to run and he never has had even 1 positive suggestion. And while I prop him up at the Tri State as a sponsor the reality is he hasnât lifted a finger. He has never instructed any course at the Tri State in all these years.
7) The Grievance Procedure
My opponent complains about everything and does nothing but his point on the Grievance Arbitrator Procedure being broken is well taken. I have attempted to get the APWU out of the employer dominated Joint Arbitration Scheduling System by discussing this issue at a number of National Executive Board meetings and introducing Convention resolutions to go back to the prior method of scheduling. Please vote for this resolution at the National Convention.
Vote for Mike Gallagher for Eastern Region Coordinator.
MikeGallagher2016ERC.com
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
NJ Shore Area Local
Office held, if any
Vice President
I cant express enough how ALL crafts in our region will benefit with Bill Lewis as our regional coordinator. His reputation and arbitration awards speak volumes. I personally have Bill on my speed dial. It is never a bad time for Bill to pick up his phone. He is a walking book of knowledge to beating management and always is willing to pass that knowledge on. He is knowledgeable in all crafts, mail processing, and retail. He is driven and gives a damn about each and every member of ALL locals.
Do the Eastern Region right by voting William “Bill” Lewis for Eastern Regional Coordinator!!