It is beneficial to review the attached APWU
Hatch Act Document.
Meeting will be Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 2:00PM at the local union office located at 1251 N. Tustin Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807.
The SWCAL Retiree Chapter meets at 2 PM on Saturday, July 28, 2018.
All meetings are at the local union office – 1251 N. Tustin Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807.
Santa Ana CTAP Service Center
2677 North Main Street, Suite 130
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday, except holidays.
To better serve you, please arrive by 4:45 PM.
The Main Street Town Center is a tall white building with blue windows. It is located on the corner of North Main Street and Memory Lane and is across from Polly’s Café & Bakery near the Main Place Mall.
Citibank is the main sign on the building.
Enter the lobby, go down the hall, the Service Center is on your left.
About CTAP
http://www.californiaphones.org/Devices-for-Difficulty-Hearing
CTAP is a program of the California Public Utilities Commission Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
The program is funded by a small surcharge that appears on all telephone bills in California. This surcharge appears on your phone bill as “CA Relay Service and Communications Devices Fund.”
The California Public Utilities Commission administers CTAP, as well as the California Relay Service, under the umbrella of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
For more information, please visit www.ddtp.org
Every day, specialized California Phones from the California Telephone Access Program (CTAP) enable over half a million Californians to stay connected.
There’s a California Phone for every need. For example, there are amplified phones that make it easier to hear conversations. Big button phones that are easier to dial. Phones with lights that flash for incoming calls. Convenient portable phones – and more. We also offer phones that are specially designed for individuals with more significant disabilities.
California Phones are available to persons who live in California, have telephone service* and your doctor approves your need. In addition to your doctor, any of the following may certify your need and sign the application form for you:
Click HERE to find a Certifying Agent near you.
*Equipment connects to your existing telephone service. Your current telephone service charges still apply, however, the Free Specialized Telephone does not increase your service costs.
In California, relay service is provided through Hamilton Relay. The CRS Provider page gives more information and customer service numbers. California Relay Service (CRS) Click here for more CRS information.
The National APWU Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from August 20-24, 2018. Retirees have are asking for support for two resolutions, one for submission of resolutions (has been resolved) and the right to speak and vote during the National APWU Convention as a retiree.
The right to speak and vote is important to many retirees who remain active in the APWU. Please ask your local leaders and convention delegates to support the resolution.
Resolved, to amend the APWU Constitution & By-Laws; Article 6: SEC 6. Retiree delegates will be seated with a voice and a vote at the National Convention pursuant to the formula in Article 6, section one. In addition, renumber current Article 6 section 6 as section 7.
2018 OPM Open Season for FEHBP
Monday November 12, 2018 – Monday December 10, 2018.
Each year, Open Season runs from the Monday of the second full workweek in November through the Monday of the second full workweek in December.
This provides anyone enrolled in an OPM Health Plan (FEHBP) the opportunity to change health plans.
November 2018 Elections
Federal, State, County, and City will take place this November 6, 2018. Please vote because congressional representative can affect retirees in so many ways. We need to elected congressional leaders who are supportive of retirees.
County, state, and city elected officials are very important as well and can affect our daily life as well.
I vote by mail and encourage anyone eligible to vote by mail to do so. I enjoy sitting at the table completing my ballot.
Cost of Living (COLA) Increases for retirees.
If inflation continues in the same direction the expected COLA will exceed 2.5% for Social Security and Civil Service Annuitants.
CDP-2018-Endorsements-Official-18-04-08
CA-LABOR_ENDORSEMENTS-JUNE-2018
The above three links are recommendations from The Orange County Labor Federation, California Democratic Party, and the California State Labor Federation.
Subject: California State APWU Convention – May 19 and 20, 2018
The 2018 California State APWU Convention
The California State Convention only had four resolutions submitted. They addressed the following issues:
1. Splitting up the All Craft into individual conferences. Voted down convention rather stay in the current format. Its has worked effectively and why fix an issue if there is not a problem.
2. Allow Retirees Department members vote and voice at convention. Unanimous vote of approval.
A personal note, we want to Thank all of the California State APWU Convention Delegates for supporting the Retiree Issues.We sincerely hope everyone will support these issues when they come up for discussion at the 2018 National APWU Convention in Pittsburgh, PA.
The 2018 California State APWU Convention was held over the week-end of May 19 and 20, 2018.
The California State APWU has four so we only have election convention once every four years and the next one is scheduled for 2020. The other three years the convention is educational in nature. The delegate had the choice of many subject matters
The day prior to the convention, Friday may 18, 2018, training on advance steward training was held, the California State APWU Executive Board met and the California State Retiree Chapter Executive Board met.
The below officers were present or heard to by zoom.
President Mark Dimondstein (by zoom)
Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy (present)
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell (by zoom)
Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman (by zoom)
Director, Maintenance Division Steven G. Raymer (present)
Director, MVS Division Michael O. Foster (present)
Western Region Coordinator Omar M. Gonzalez (present)
APWU Health Plan Director John Marcotte (present)
Assistant Director, MVS Division Javier Piñeres (present)
San Francisco Region Clerk Division NBAs, Sonia E. Canchola (present), Shirley Taylor (present), James Scoggins (present), and Chuck Locke (present)
Western Region Maintenance Division NBAs, Louis M. Kingsley, Jr. (present) and Jimmie Waldon
Western Region Motor Vehicle Service Division NBA, Jerome Pittman (present)
**If I missed anyone I apologize, but this is from my memory.
Retiree Convention, Clerk, Maintenance, and Motor Vehicle Break outs, Contract Action Team Presentation, and addressing the four resolutions submitted were addressed on Saturday May 19, 2018. The convention also heard from the Contract Campaign Committee.
On Sunday the Retiree Convention met,there was retirement training, as well as a legislative update.
This is the second year in a roll we have met in Sacramento and the host local Sacramento Area Local, President Joe Gill, did a great job.
We will meet next year in San Diego. State Convention is always the week end prior to Memorial Holiday week-end.
It is always a pleasure to be at the California State APWU Convention because it is nice to see steward, members, and officers from around the state. Thank you California State APWU President Mike Evans.
Attached for your information is the California State Democratic Party and California Labor Federation Endorsement.
If Josh Newman is your State Senator and he represents the 29 California State District, please vote “No” on the recall.
Please vote.
CA-LABOR_ENDORSEMENTS-JUNE-2018
These are two important dates for Southwest Coastal Area Local members and retirees.
August 1, 1973 – Southwest Coastal Area Local formed.
September 10, 2004 – Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter formed.
The next meeting date for the Southwest Coastal Area Local and Retiree Chapter is Saturday, April 28, 2018.
Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Meeting is at 2:00 PM
Southwest Coastal Area Local Executive Board Meeting is at 3:00PM
Southwest Coastal Area Local General Membership Meeting is at 4:00 PM
The meeting location is Southwest Coastal Area Local Union Office 1251 N. Tustin Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807
If a death occurs to an annuitant, a spouse, or survival you can go to the OPM web site and report it on line, go to https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/ then go down to the report a death link and click on it.
You can also use these attached forms as well.
sf3104b FERS Retiree Death Benefits
sf-2800 Civil Service Retiree Death Benefit
OPM will require a Death Certificate as well.
Notification is important because you probably will need to change your medical to Self Only. Your annuity or your spouse annuity will need to be changed.
In addition you will need to notify Social Security if you or your spouse receives Social Security.