Madison, Wisconsin Area Local American Postal Workers Union

All membership meetings are held at Dream Lanes
13 Atlas Ct. Madison, WI 53714
Unless otherwise stated.

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Election Nominations and Results

February 23, 2010
The following are the duly nominated, unopposed candidates, who are declared elected to office:

President                                  Martin Mater
Vice President                         Paul Muenkel
Secretary                                 Patty Pasell
Treasurer                                 Dale Anderson
Director of Maintenance Craft     Jennifer Johnson-Heiss
Director of Motor Vehicle Craft    Rod Church
Editor                                        Jacque Childs
Director of Safety and Health      Rick Moreland
Trustees (3)                              Rob Ingersoll
                                                Erin Johnson
                                                 Mary Goldade
Delegate to SCFL                        Doug Meyer

Stewards:
Motor Vehicle Steward                Gene Robbins
Maintenance - Tour 2                  Jennifer Johnson-Heiss
Stewards Clerk Craft (3) tour 1   Chris Degeyter
                                                 Shane Davis
                                                 Josh Simmons
Stewards Clerk Craft (1) tour 2   Bret Wersland
Stewards Clerk Craft (3) tour 3   Patti Pasell
                                              Doug Meyer
                                              Paul Muenkel
Steward - Middleton and Verona Carla Riffle
Capitol and University                 Dale Anderson
Westside                                   Meegan Carpenter

Associate Office Stewards:
Beaver Dam                              Laura Peterson
Beloit                                       Lori Britton
Monroe                                    Tom Rossing

The folllowing are the duly nominated candidates who are running for contested positions:

Clerk Craft Director (1)
      Chris Degeyter
      Carla Riffle

Janesville Steward (1)
     Donna Kelekovich
     Erika Bobzien

Sun Prairie Steward (1)
     Pira Mueller
     Chris Buxton

The following positions had no nominations and are open for appointments by the President:

Director of Organization
Delegates to SCFL (2)
Maintenance Tour 1
Maintenance Tour 2
Motor Vehicle Garage Steward
Hilldale Station
Southside Station
Capitol Carrier Annex
Main Office Carrier Annex
Baraboo Steward
Platteville Steward
Stoughton Steward

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Congratulations VOE and Membership meeting winners

Congratulations to Keith Dunkelberger for winning the Membership meeting prize in June. Keith won $100
Also congatulations to the following members who each one $50 for turning in their voice of the employee survey to the union instead of management.

Kim Ewing on tour 3
Jeff Peterson on tour 3
Billie Mitchell at MOCA
Mike Hicks at West Side Station
Dale Dick on tour 3
Peter Aspinwall in maintenance

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New rules on FMLA

The Department of Labor under President Bush issued new rules concerning the Family Medical Leave Act. For the most part, the regulations have become more stringent. Some rules, mostly regarding returning veterans of war, are actually more beneficial. Please go here for more information and the updated forms. I have also added a link to the right hand column.
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JCIM Now Online

On the right hand side I have added a link to the JCIM. This may be handy if you don't have the JCIM in your office. Click on the right for it or you can click on the JCIM links in this notice.

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Thinking of retiring soon?

I found this article at www.fedsmith.com that states the best time in the near future to retire is January 3, 2009. The article goes into the reason as to why that is. Since I can't retire soon it doesn't mean much to me. How about you?

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Record amount raised for COPA

At the recent APWU of Wisconsin State Convention, held in Madison, WI at the Concourse Hotel, the state delegates raised a record amount for COPA. A big thank you should go out to our Secretary, Patti Pasell, along with Jacque Childs and Ann Wachter who were instrumental in helping with the COPA fundraising. A record $5300 was raised for COPA.

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M and I Bank account closed

The M and I Bank account is now closed. If you find any checks that are not cashed, bring them to the union for replacement.
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Change of Checking Account

The union has changed its checking account because of the fees imposed on it by M and I Bank. We are now using Home Savings Bank for our checking account. If you have any checks that are written on the M and I Bank account, cash them immediately. The account will be closed on May 1, 2008.

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Bidding do's and don'ts

A clerk called me yesterday with a complaint about the new shared services bidding system. I have put a link up to
lite blue for bidding purposes.

1. BIDDING deadlines have changed. The new
deadline for bidding is WEDNESDAY of the closing
week, NOT Friday as we are are use to.

2. The bidding notices are complicated and
hard to read. Take your time at the bulletin board
and make sure you understand the posting and
the bid job you want. This is your career.