With national contract negotiations set to begin on June 25, President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of the APWU members who will serve on the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordance with the APWU Constitution, each member of the National Executive Board appoints one person to the committee; a 14th member, appointed by the president, is a member of the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing Task Force.
The APWU National Negotiations Committee (NNC) has full authority to negotiate the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. The Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee provides recommendations to the NNC. The Rank-and-File Committee must approve a tentative collective bargaining agreement before it can be sent to APWU members for a ratification vote.
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The appointees are:
Kim Miller – President, Keystone Area Local (appointed by President Mark Dimondstein)
Michael Bates – President, Des Moines Area Local (appointed by Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy)
Wanda Harris – President, Miami Area Local (appointed by Secretary- Treasurer Elizabeth Powell)
Philip Thomas – President, Omaha Area Local (appointed by Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash)
Tony McKinnon – President, North Carolina Council (appointed by Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks)
Dana Coletti – President, Manchester Area Local (appointed by Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun)
Darryl Gause – MVS Director, Atlanta Metro Area Local (appointed by MVS Director Michael Foster)
Penny Oliver – President, Western Area Supply Center Area Local (appointed by Support Services Director Arrion Brown)
Sharon Curtis – President, Missouri Postal Workers Union (appointed by Central Regional Coordinator Amy Puhalski)
Sherry McKnight – President, Baltimore Francis Stu Filbey Area Local (appointed by Eastern Regional Coordinator AJ Jones)
Morris Brailsford – President, Brooklyn Local (appointed by Northeast Regional Coordinator Tiffany Foster)
Jonathan Cage – President, Dallas Area Local (appointed by Southern Regional Coordinator Yared Wonde)
Robert Waterhouse – President, San Diego Area Local (appointed by Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez)
VACANT - Deaf/Hard of Hearing Task Force committee member
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The Rank-and-File Committee will convene in early April. ■
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