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Members of the APWU Retirees Department who pay thirty-six dollars ($36.00) per annum and retired as members of the APWU-represented bargaining unit, shall be eligible to vote for the three (3) APWU General Officers: President, Executive Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, and three (3) resident department officers: Legislative/Political Director, Human Relations Director, and APWU Health Plan Director, Retirees Department Director, and Retiree National Convention
Delegate for the region he or she will represent will be elected from that region.

The California State APWU had an LMOU Training on Friday, May 17, 2019 conducted by Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez.

The next two events were the California State Retiree Chapter Executive Board Meeting and the California State APWU Executive Board Meeting.

California State approved two $500 Mike Evans scholarships. One for state local members and one for Members at Large.

Saturday morning May 18, 2019 was a General Session. First order of business was a Mike Evans Memorial. Mike Evans passed away in February and he was our California State APWU President.

We heard comments from California 80^th Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. The California State Convention endorsed her for 2022 California Secretary of State.

We heard comments from California candidate for the 73^rd Assembly District.

The APWU Auxiliary addressed the convention. My wife Pam and I have been Auxiliary members for approximately 40 years.

We heard from APWU Secretary Treasurer Liz Powell. She distributed the health plan checks based on last year’s convention action. We are in good financial shape. LM2 has been filed. The scholarship application period has been extended until May 31, 2019.

We also heard from President Mark Dimondstein and Executive Vice President Debbie Szeredy during opening sessions.

Dates for the 2020 National APWU Convention are August 15-20 in Los Angeles, Ca.

Dates for the 2022 National APWU Convention are August 13-18, 2022 at the Gaylord in National Harbor, MD 20745.

We heard from Sonia Canchola Clerk NBA and Legislative Director Judy Beard regarding USPS privatization.

We had numerous break outs. Clerk NBA’s Shirley Taylor, James Scoggins, Chuck Locke addressed Clerk Issues. Maintenance NBA’s Louis Kingsley and Hector Baez, Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun and Maintenance Assistant Director Jimmie Waldon addressed Maintenance Issue. MVS NBA Jerome Pittman, MVS Director Mike Foster, and MVS Assistant Director Javier Piñeres addressed MVS Issues.

POWER – Post Office Women for Equal Rights met.

Alain Gatignol addressed TSP Planning. Dr. Paul Kim, MD addressed pain management.

California State Legislative Director Phil Warlick had a legislative breakout.

Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez had a NLRB – Duty of Fair Representation break out.

In addition, we had representative from the APWU Health Plan, Voluntary Benefits, APIS Alain (Gatignol & representatives), and GPIS (Johnny Gottstein) present.

There were numerous candidates seeking office for National APWU, AFL-CIO. I will, not try to name them because I do not want to miss the name of anyone.

In conjunction with the California State APWU Convention the California State Retiree Chapter members met. All State Retiree Officers were present (Frank Townsend, Bobby Donelson, Larry DeNayer, Byron Denton, Yogie Riley, and Dave Renshaw).

The retirees heard from CARA Representative Susan Meyers on the issue of elder care – Hospital Stay Rights and Advance Directives.

We heard from a lot of National Officers.

• President Mark Dimondstein
• Executive Vice President Debbie Szeredy
• Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
• Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
• Apwu Health Plan Director John Marcotte
• Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard
• Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor

Major issue was to ask your Congressperson and Senator to support HR 1170 & HR 141 (House) and S 478 & S 521 (Senate). We had a lengthy discussion related to the USPS contacting retirees regarding Medicare. We also had a lengthy discussion related the Hospital Plan and associate membership vs retiree membership.

Having the above officers present for a Question and Answer Session was a very successful part of the Retiree’s Convention.

There was a motion to purchase “we are not the enemy” T-Shirts for all retirees attending the All Craft Conference in Las Vegas in October.

The retirees Endorsed Western Region Convention Delegate Dr. Pat Williams. Pat is doing an excellent job and we wanted to show her how much we appreciate the work she does.

Final Retiree Action was for us to concentrate on an APWU Constitution Resolution permitting retiree chapter members voice and vote on the convention floor at the 2020 National APWU Convention..

The Resolution defeated at the 2018 National APWU Convention was:

ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATION

WHEREAS, as the mothers and fathers of the American Postal Workers Union, retired members are a storehouse of knowledge, battle-tested experience, and wisdom to be utilized as a valuable American Postal Workers Union asset, and

WHEREAS, a majority of American Postal Workers Union retired department members paid full dues for decades, and

WHEREAS, calculating some estimated 40,000 retiree department members, paying full dues an average of just twenty-five (25) years, equates to a million years of full dues-paying members in American Postal Workers Union history, and

WHEREAS, currently, five (5) elected national retiree delegates to the American Postal Workers Union national convention, one in each region, the average representative voting strength is 1 for 8,000, therefore be it

Resolved, to amend the American Postal Workers Union Constitution and Bylaws Article 6. SEC 6. to read: “Retiree delegates will be seated with a voice and a vote at the national convention pursuant to the formula in Article 6. Section 1.” In addition, renumber current Article 6 section 6 as section 7.

This report is based on my notes and I do apologize if I missed anyone.

The California State APWU Convention Report

Bobby Donelson
California State Retiree Chapter Vice Presdient
and
Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter President

Greg Bell Announces he will be seeking the position of National APWU President.

Please read his announcement letter.

Greg Bell Announcement Letter for President (3)

Retirees can vote for the following positions:  Retirees Department Director, Retiree National Convention Delegate, for the region he or she will represent, National APWU President, Executive Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, and three (3) resident department officers: Legislative/Political Director, Human Relations Director, and APWU Health Plan Director

Retirees shall elect the Retirees Department Director and five (5) delegates to the National Convention. The Retirees Department Director and each Retiree National Convention Delegate will have a voice and one (1) vote at the National Convention. The five (5) Retiree National Convention Delegates shall be paid necessary expenses to attend the National Convention and the All-Craft APWU Retiree Department Conference.

Members of the APWU Retirees Department who pay thirty-six dollars ($36.00) per annum and retired as members of the APWU-represented bargaining unit, shall be eligible to vote for the three (3) APWU General Officers: President, Executive Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, and three (3) resident department officers: Legislative/Political Director, Human Relations Director, and APWU Health Plan Director, excluding all local, state, and national resident and craft/division officers not specifically listed herein, or in any matter pertaining to National Agreement ratification, Local Memorandum of Understanding, or proposed work stoppages.

Attached is a summary of Medicare Benefits for 2019 as well as the cost.

2019 MEDICARE costs at a glance

Attached below are Collective Bargaining Information/Documents.

2015-18 APWU CBA

jcim-2012-july

The Step 4 Book Table of Content

The Step 4 Book Table of Content

Step 4 – Part 1Step 4 – Part 2

Article 3

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Article 10

Article 12

Article 13

Article 14

Article 15

Article 16

Article 17

Article 19

Article 21

Article 23

Article 25

Article 28

Article 30

Article 33

Article 37

Article 38

DCO Training

Happy Holidays from the Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter

Officers: Bobby Donelson – Frank Townsend – Walter Lovett – Carrie Zeller -Ed Gonzalez

2018 was a rough year for our Retiree Organization.  I sincerely hope 2019 will show an improvement.

Current officers at all levels of the union should respect and involve retirees, especially the retirees who want to stay involved.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year 2019.

Looks like we were able to flip the four Orange County Congressional Districts.

Considerations for Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapters Members – November 2018 Endorsements – Successful Candidates. 

All-out effort on the part of Orange County Labor, State Labor, and Democratic Party.

Non-partisan offices

City of Anaheim District 3 City Council Dr. Jose Moreno

Anaheim Union High School District Al Jabbar

Orange County Supervisor 4th District Doug Chaffee

Measure L – Anaheim Living Wage Initiative – Passed

Partisan Officers

Governor GAVIN NEWSOM (DEM)

Lieutenant Governor ED HERNANDEZ (DEM)

Secretary of State ALEX PADILLA (DEM)

Controller BETTY T. YEE (DEM)

Treasurer FIONA MA (DEM)

Attorney General XAVIER BECERRA (DEM)

Insurance Commissioner RICARDO LARA (DEM)

California Superintendent of Public Instruction TONY K. THURMOND (DEM)

UNITED STATES SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 38th District LINDA T. SANCHEZ (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 39th District GIL CISNEROS (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 45th District KATIE PORTER (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 46th District LOU CORREA (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 47th District ALAN LOWENTHAL (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 48th District HARLEY ROUDA (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 49th District MIKE LEVIN (DEM)

California STATE SENATOR 34th District TOM UMBERG (DEM)

California MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 65th District SHARON QUIRK-SILVA (DEM)

California MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 69th District TOM DALY (DEM)

California MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 74th District Cottie Petrie-Norris (DEM)

Very Proud to say, Phil Warlick, Cheryl Young, and I helped the new 39^th Congressional District Representative Gil Cisneros get elected.  He was the last of the four target districts in Orange County.

He will be working with the others Congressional Representative representing Orange County, Ca.

The new Orange County Team:

*UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 38th District LINDA T. SANCHEZ (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 39th District GIL CISNEROS (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 45th District KATIE PORTER (DEM)

*UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 46th District LOU CORREA (DEM)

*UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 47th District ALAN LOWENTHAL (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 48th District HARLEY ROUDA (DEM)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 49th District MIKE LEVIN (DEM)

*Incumbent Congressional Representatives.

Very Proud to say

https://usmailnotforsale.org

If the U.S. Postal Service is sold to private corporations, you won’t get your mail every day – maybe only every third day – and you will pay more for mail services.

Learn more about the White House’s proposal to sell the postal service at usmailnotforsale.org.