ATTENTION MEMBERS

 

 

 

 

The Charleston WV Area Local #133 will be conducting the Regular Monthly Meeting for September 11, 2021 @ 7:00 PM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The meeting will be held at 711 Bigley Ave.

Charleston, WV 25302

 

There will be a $25.00 door prize.

The bonus drawing is $325.00.

 

 

 

ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

 

Charleston Area Local #133

Regular Monthly Minutes

August 21, 2021

 

ATTENTION:

PLEASE POST ON APWU BULLETIN BOARD

 

Opening of Meeting

 

Craig Brown called meeting to order at 8:00 PM, Saturday, August 21, 2021.

 

Allegiance to Flag

 

Danny Clark led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Officers Present

 

President – Craig Brown Vice President – Doug Butler Treasurer – Chris Smith Secretary – Eustacia Wriston Clerk Craft Dir. - Amy Haga Maint. Craft Director- Danny Clark Legislative Dir.- Bob Redman AO Coordinator- Josh Snyder

 

There were 7 members present.

 

Reading of Minutes

 

Eustacia Wriston amended the monthly minutes for July 2021.

Motion to accept the minutes for July 2021 as amended was made by Bob Redman.

Seconded by Robert Ludwig.

Motion Passed

 

Treasurer's Report

 

Chris Smith read the Treasurer's Report for July 2021.

Motion to accept the Treasurer's Report for July 2021 as read was made by Bob Redman.

Seconded by Robert Ludwig.

Motion Passed

 

Bills and Communications

 

Doug Butler read the following bills and communications.

 

Letter from Bob Redman for Legislative Director	Letter from Timothy Thompson
Letter about Legislative Virtual Conference	Letter from Trustee
Letter from Kayla Cuppy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charleston Area Local #133

Regular Monthly Minutes

August 21, 2021

 

New Members

 

Angel Barker	Christopher James II
Samantha Oiler	Kelsey Hively
Terrell Spencer	Peyton Bird
James Hanna	Trevor Martin
Erica Johnson	Martha Strickland
Barbara Hassie	Brandon Rucker
Rebecca Weekley	Teresa Elkins
Joseph Paris	Frank Zahurunick
Andrew Hudnall	Anthony Herrera
Rachel Crawford	Misty Monk
Rachel Fischer-Bramble	Joseph Neupert
Thomas Priddy	Damaria Davis
Rachel Waters	Ronnie Spurlock
Aisha Claytor	Freddie Adams
Richard Carrington	Mitchell Cline
Jeremiah Glenn	David Nelson
Andrew Newhouse	John Dunlap
Andrea Terry	Nathan Garretson
Kathy Hurt	Andrea Elswick
Joshua Kerns	Heather Mills
Patrick Cincinnati	Harley Holstein
Joel McKinney	Chad Vance
Robert Smith	Lindsey Nelson
Ashley Herold	Myra Dean

 

 

Drop Outs

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charleston Area Local #133

Regular Monthly Minutes

August 21, 2021

Special Committees

 

 T-shirts-           Tour 1- just have a couple left

                        Tour 2- just about done

                        Tour 3- Starting the list

                        AO- going through the membership list

                        Maintenance- about 30 people left

 

 

Standing Committees

 

None.

 

Unfinished Business

 

None.

 

New Business

 

Election for Legislative Director was won by Bob Redman.

 

Danny Clark made a motion to accept the Trustee Report as read.

Seconded by Bob Redman

Motion Passed.

 

Doug Butler made a motion for the local to absorb the due increase for the September 2021 Cola increase for career employees and the due increase for the next PSE increase.

Seconded by Chris Smith.

Motion Passed

 

Doug Butler made a motion to pay 45.12 for lunch all members that helped with the shredding and audit July 22nd and 23^rd.

Seconded by Chris Smith.

Motion Passed

 

Doug Butler made a motion to purchase Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection for each union computer at the cost of 69.99 per year per computer.

Seconded by Amy Haga.

Motion Passed

 

Doug Butler made a motion for steward training class sending craft director and any stewards of the craft director’s choosing to be paid lost time.

Seconded by Robert Ludwig.

Motion Passed

 

Doug Butler made a motion to rejoin the WV-AFL-CIO.

Seconded by Chris Smith.

Motion Passed

 

Chris Smith made a motion to send Bob Redman to the Legislative Zoom Conference on 9/26/2021 paid lost time.

Seconded by Bob Redman.

Motion Passed

Charleston Area Local #133

Regular Monthly Minutes

August 21, 2021

 

 

Chris Smith made a motion to spend up to $50.00 for a new toilet seat for the union hall.

Seconded by Bob Redman.

Motion Passed

 

Open Forum

 

New Members

Duct work in building

Thank you, Robert Ludwig, for coming to the meeting

 

Adjournment

 

Motion to adjourn was made by Bob Redman.

Seconded by Chris Smith.

Motion Passed

 

 

The $25.00 door prize winner Josh Synder.

 

 

The $300.00 bonus number was 199, Benjamin Heading, who was not present.

 

 

The next Union Meeting will be held on September 11, 2021, at 7:00 PM.

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Eustacia Wriston, Secretary, APWU Local #133

July1.pdf July2.pdf

Beginning September 7, the National Negotiations Committee (NNC) will lock down with postal management for a week of intense contract negotiations as the September 20 expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement approaches.

Both the APWU officers and postal management will be in the same hotel, meeting daily at main table negotiations, craft tables, and other subcommittees where they will hash out the various proposals. All meetings will be conducted respecting all COVIDrelated safety protocols including mask-wearing and social distancing.

The NNC has been meeting regularly with postal management, and has submitted over 90 proposals. These proposals include items to protect job security and work opportunities, work rules and working conditions, increase career opportunities and improve conditions of work.

The APWU will submit additional proposals in the coming weeks including ones for “economic provisions” – wage increases, COLA, step increases, etc.

Throughout this process, the NNC is keeping the APWU National Executive Board and the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee updated about the process and developments of negotiations. On August 24, the NNC hosted a second series of APWU Contract Town Hall events to update the members and answer questions. The Town Hall events and previous updates are available here.

APWU Leadership will continue to keep the membership updated on the progress of negotiations.

Please click on the link for the USPS Updated Mask Policy

Mandatory Face Covering Policy Revised.pdf

September 2 is ‘National Gear Day!' With our contract expiring Sept. 20, negotiations are in full swing! Let's kick off Labor Day weekend by showing your support for APWU – Our Union, Our Contract, Our Future. Wear your union gear on the work room floor on Thursday, September 2. APWU officers will lock down with management the next week. Let's send a powerful message!

Make sure to take photos! Send us a selfie or group picture with your masked coworkers while wearing the sticker or other union gear and email high resolution photos at their “original” file size to ncc@apwu.org.

Submissions will be entered into a raffle for more union gear!