I have seen the smear campaign my opponent has started, and have been reading the negative comments that my opponent has chosen to attack me with, but I refuse to participate in any type of negative campaigning.
This is not about personalities; this is about what is good for the Motor Vehicle Craft.
It is in the best interest of the Western Region Motor Vehicle Craft to re-elect Jerome Pittman for National Business Agent. At this critical time in our fight to protect our rights and save our jobs we need proven winners.
I am currently the Western Region MVS National Business Agent 2013-Present
I have settled millions of dollars in sub-contracting grievances, earlier this year a $900,000 arbitration award in San Francisco
Just recently in July 2016 I resolved the longstanding Pay Anomaly issue in Denver, which resulted in over $300,000 in pay raises and step increases backdated for two years, in addition to the promised $3000 from the PSE addendum.
I have resolved thousands of step 3 grievances in the union’s favor
I have returned numerous employees back to work after unjust removalsI have reversed countless disciplinary actions
I have forced many PSE conversions, and new jobs to be created
I am an Instructor and give training classes on multiple subjectsI am a former Motor Vehicle Director for San Francisco Local #2
I am a veteran of the United States Marine Corps – Vietnam Era volunteerI am a decorated former San Francisco fireman.
My record speaks for itself, but my opponent is obviously not happy with my work as your Western Region Motor Vehicle National Business Agent;
Apparently many others are!
MVS National Director
Mike Foster, National Motor Vehicle DirectorI enthusiastically endorse and recommend Jerome Pittman for reelection to the position of Western Region MVS NBA of the American Postal Workers Union. It is very unusual for a MVS headquarters officer to get involved in regional union politics or elections, actually this is my first endorsement in over 15 years as a national officer. When I selected Javier Pineres in 2013 as my assistant in Washington D.C., that left a vacancy for the Western Region NBA.
While I certainly knew and respected Jerome’s work in the San Francisco local, at the time of the appointment he was not the craft director of the local, and was not selected.
He took his disappointment very graciously and set about getting elected on his own in an impressive victory over the incumbent.
I have been impressed with Jerome’s commitment to the MVS Craft, his eagerness to do a good job for MVS and get it right, his willingness to check with the MVS leadership to make sure his interpretation of the contract and Article 39 coincides with the national’s position.
It has been a difficult three years with the USPS continuous attacks on MVS and their attempts to contract out PVS, but with dedicated MVS officers like Jerome Pittman working with Javier and myself we have continued to fight the good fight in the most difficult times.
I look forward to working with Jerome in the next term, and recommend that he receives your support and vote.
Keep on trucking, the struggle continues.
Javier Pineres,
National Assistant MVS Director“You have my continued support and my endorsement.”
Omar Gonzalez,
Regional Coordinator Western Region“Jerome Pittman has served the MVS Craft with strong dedication, resilience and desire. Brother Pittman fights management at every turn He strives to keep his multi state case load current and delivers on his duty of fair representation. Jerome has diligently worked with the Regional Officers as we face a management determined to gut our crafts. The Brothers and Sisters of the MVS craft are blessed to have Jerome Pittman as their MVS National Business Agent.”
All MVS National Business Agents
Merlie Bell, Central Region
Joseph LaCapria, Northeast Region
Bruce Amey. Southeast Sub-Region
Kenneth Prinz, Eastern Region
Dwight Johnson, Southwest Sub-RegionMVS Directors
John Drake, San Francisco Motor Vehicle Director
Salvador Zapien San Jose Motor Vehicle Director
James Perry, Oakland Motor Vehicle Director
Scott Vredenburg, Sacramento Director
Joanne Alberto, San Francisco Assistant MVS Director
Arthur “Red” King, San Bernardino Motor Vehicle Director
Robert Helmig, Denver Metro Motor Vehicle Director
Rick Daniel, Denver NDC Motor Vehicle Director
Toby Gutierrez, Albuquerque Motor Vehicle Director
Collin Bews, Phoenix Motor Vehicle Director
Steve Clinton, Portland Motor Vehicle Director
W.P. Jones, Greater Los Angeles Motor Vehicle Director
Norman Breece, Las Vegas Motor Vehicle DirectorNational Business Agents
Shirley Taylor, Pacific Area Clerk NBA
Jimmie Waldon, Western Region Maintenance NBA
Louis Kingsley, Western Region Maintenance NBA
Mo Merrow, Denver Region Clerk Division NBA
Brian Dunn, Western Region Clerk NBA
James Scoggins, Pacific Area Clerk NBA
JoAnn Gerhart, Western Region Clerk NBALocal Presidents
Miguel Romero, Daly City Local
Geoffray Dumaguit, President, San Francisco Local 2
Angela Bostic, Vice President, San Francisco Local 2
Lisa Ortega, President East Bay Area Local 47
Joe Gill, President Sacramento Local
Myrna Umali, President Seattle Local
Ed Peralta, President San Jose Local
Roy Dumas, President Greater Los Angeles LocalLocals
Denver Metro Area Local
San Jose Local 73
Portland Oregon Area Local
Las Vegas Local 761
Modesto Area Local 635
San Fernando Valley Area Local
Albuquerque Local 300
San Francisco Local 2
Provo Local 42
California Area Local 4635
Southwest Coastal Area Local 917
San Jose Local
Daly City Local
I have the knowledge, the education, the desire and the heart to fight for the rights of our members, and I want to continue to be a part of our solution as I have been in the past.
I respectfully ask for your support and your vote.
Re-elect Jerome Pittman for Western Region MVS National Business Agent.
Expertise based on experience
For more information, please go to www.japit1.com
*Please note that my corrected contact number is: (707) 803-5008
First Name: Jerome
Last Name: Pittman
Email: japit1@aol.com
Union/Local: San Francisco Local 2
Office held if any: Western Region MVS National Business Agent
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
DMAL
Office held, if any
MVS CRAFT DIRECTOR 2013-2016
The settlement for the pay anomaly in Denver is far from a victory! As you guys strong armed them drivers into the settlement. And screwed the senior drivers out of two years back pay! And trust me when I say that they are far from happy with your victory to try and use for reelection!
We all know that management only settles big pay issues in preparation arbitration because they know that they will the arbitration. And you have the email from HR that clearly stated that the drivers should have been paid back to their conversion date. But in a hurry to get a settlement and tell everyone how great you are, you put yourself above the membership!
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
San Diego Area Local 197
Mr. Drake,
You too have been sucked into the misrepresentative style of your San Francisco comrade. You as a Steward should know that you should not make allegations without first having the facts. You are correct, I did not use a Union printer, I produced my literature myself. Next time you want to make a comment make sure you have all of the facts first.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
APWU - Phoenix Metro
Since you’re posting this for a national audience it would be nice to see a copy of this alleged violation. Sounds like he could have printed this himself on his own printer.
Further, we keep hearing this 900k HCR settlement but zero details and only at election time. You’d think other members would like to know about this “breathtaking” achievement, maybe similar violations are happening elsewhere. We have HCR issues here in Phx and not a damn thing has been done in years except for a previous Western NBA screwing us thoroughly.
Union and NAME of Local/Branch
San Francisco Local 2
Office held, if any
MVS Craft Director
Brother and Sister
Please allow me the opportunity to convey to you, what I have experienced at APWU’s 23 Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida. While the accommodations here in Orlando are quite breathtaking and the camaraderie of the membership is impossible to ignore, there is still the ongoing business of elections for National office. The Motor Vehicle Craft finished a very well informed workshop that included reports from our National Director, Assistant Director, and attending NBAs. National Business Agent, Jerome Pittman presented an engaging and well prepared report. He informed the members of his favorable arbitration decisions. Including his $900,000 HCR award in San Francisco and his Huge PSE pay anomaly settlement in Denver, Colorado. Very proud accomplishments indeed, that received reverberating applauses from the Pre-convention Workshop attendees.
On Monday, August 22, 2016 we held the first day of our National Convention. And as such, the rules for conduct on the convention floor were presented to the delegates. It was then brought to the attention of the chair that there appeared to be a violation of the convention rules, wherein a candidate for National Office was distributing campaign literature on the floor that failed to display a Union Bug.
It may surprise some of the members of the Motor Vehicle Craft, that the campaign literature that was being distributed on the convention floor w/out the Union Bug belonged to the opponent of our current Western Region, NBA Jerome Pittman. His opponent for NBA had made the unfortunate and unforgivable decision to utilize a non-union printer to assist him with his campaign for Western Region, National Business Agent for the Motor Vehicle Craft.
Brothers and Sisters, we absolutely deserve the continued devotion and commitment of a true unionists and I might add a true “‘Drum Major for Justice” for our Western Region, National Business Agent in the Motor Vehicle Craft. And today that true unionists was proven to be Brother Jerome Pittman.
Please ask yourself one question, ‘Do you want an NBA to represent your craft that doesn’t support unions?’ Simply put, either you’re pro-union or your not!!!
Please re-elect Jerome Pittman for National Business Agent for the Motor Vehicle Craft in the Western Region.
Salute