The open season in 2019 for 2020 is Monday November 11, 2019 – Monday December 9, 2019.
https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/plan-information/premiums/, see above at Permalink.
The below are the 2020 rates. They are postal plans and non-postal plans for both HMO (PPO) Plans are listed by states and Fee for Service Plans are nationwide plans in PDF Format.
| To: Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Members
Issue: 2020-2023 Election of Retiree Chapter Officers Meeting Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Election of Officers Meeting Notice Place -Denny’s (near the Orange Mall just off the 55 Freeway) Location – 1695 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865 Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Time – 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM Special Note: The Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter will pay for your breakfast or lunch meal plus a non-alcoholic beverage. Voting will take place at the February 5, 2010 Meeting. Members can self nominated at any time and including the February 5, 2010 Retiree Chapter Meeting. From Article 5 of Retiree Chapter Constitution Section 4 Eligibility (a) To be eligible for office, a member must be in good standing preceding the nomination meeting as certified by the Secretary of the Retiree Chapter. (b) To be eligible to vote in an election of officers, a member must be in good standing for three months immediately preceding the election, as certified by the Secretary of the Chapter. (c) Once a retired postal employee accepts employment with the Postal Service, he/she is ineligible to be a member of the Retiree Department for that period of time. However, once a member retires again from the Postal Service, he/she is eligible to be a member of the Retiree Department without a waiting period. |
Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM – Meeting will begin at approximately 11 AM.
Meetings is open to all retirees and Southwest Coastal Area Local members.
Location: Address: 1695 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865, – Phone: (714) 974-2323
This is at the Northwest Corner of Lincoln and Tustin in the City of Orange. Just off the 55 Freeway.
The cost of the room is $150.00. However, the expense is reduced by the number of meals bought. Therefore, the Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter will pay for your beverage and meal (breakfast or lunch).
Main items to discussed are:
(a) To be eligible for office, a member must be in good standing preceding the nomination meeting as certified by the Secretary of the Retiree Chapter.
(b) To be eligible to vote in an election of officers, a member must be in good standing for three months immediately preceding the election, as certified by the Secretary of the Chapter.
(c) Once a retired postal employee accepts employment with the Postal Service, he/she is ineligible to be a member of the Retiree Department for that period of time. However, once a member retires again from the Postal Service, he/she is eligible to be a member of the Retiree Department without a waiting period.
Resolutions:
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, American Postal Workers Union Retiree Department members paid full dues for decades, and
WHEREAS, most American Postal Workers Union Retiree are like all retirees and live on a fixed reduced income, and
WHEREAS, many American Postal Workers Union Retiree step forward when the union needs assistance or support,
WHEREAS, a united American Postal Workers Union benefits all APWU Members, therefore be it Resolved, to amend the American Postal Workers Union Constitution and Bylaws Article 6. Add Retiree Chapter to section 1(a) and it would read,
“SEC. 1. (a) Each local union, area local, and Retiree Chapter shall be entitled to representation in National Conventions of one (1) delegate and one (1) vote for each twenty-five (25) members or fraction thereof.”,
and a new section 7, to read:
“Retiree delegates will be seated with a voice and a vote at the National APWU Convention.”
ARTICLE 16
Fiscal Year, Revenues, and Charters
Whereas, Local and State Retiree Chapters have no means to increase the retiree chapter member’s dues locally or at the state level, and
Whereas, based on some local or state retiree chapter needs additional funds, be it
Resolved, Change Article 16 Section 2 (i), (j), (k) from 40% rebate to 75%
Ballots are being received. Please vote. Ballots must be returned by Monday, October 7, 2019 at 2PM.
| Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Time: 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM – Meeting will begin at approximately 11 AM. Meetings is open to all retirees and Southwest Coastal Area Local members. Location: Address: 1695 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865, – Phone: (714) 974-2323 This is at the Northwest Corner of Lincoln and Tustin in the City of Orange. Just off the 55 Freeway. The cost of the room is $150.00. However, the expense is reduced by the number of meals bought. Therefore, the Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter will pay for your beverage and meal (breakfast or lunch).
Main items to discussed are: 1. The October all Craft Conference 2. The two Retiree Resolutions 3. The 2020-2023 Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Elections will occur at the February Meeting. a. Mailing to members b. Date and time for meeting – Suggestion is Feb 5, 2020 at 10:30 AM at this Denny if the room is available. c. Candidates can self-nominate anytime up to and including the February meeting. Thank you. Bobby Donelson, Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter President |
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 80th Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. The California State Convention endorsed her for 2022 California Secretary of State.
We heard comments from California candidate for the 73rd 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.
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.
Attached below are Collective Bargaining Information/Documents.
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