DISTRICT II UPDATE
By: Chairman, Joe Henschen
“The Steward is the eyes and ears of the Union”. Access to affordable and effective training for Branches of every size is the key to strong representation.
On Saturday August 22nd A District II Training Seminar focused on a variety of topics necessary for balancing contract administration and legislative activism. The session was attended by fifty seven Stewards representing six District Branches. A special thanks to President Steve Halkias and Branch 2008 for hosting the 2009 Fall Meeting.
Branch 2072 – Ft. Myers made the trek to the Tarpon Springs area on Friday evening. Settling in at a hotel close to the instruction site, rates of $65 per night helped to make affordable access to training.
The Training session’s format was the first of its kind in District II. Breaking from its usual Sunday 4 hour meeting. The eight hour Saturday August 22, session combined back to basics grievance handling techniques that included hands on practice in using the resources available to union representatives. More advanced discussion with Greg Welsh and Brian Obst of the Dispute Resolutions Suncoast District Team helped answer the questions arising from the Article 15 process. NBA Judy Willoughby touched base on several topics relative to the Region highlighting issues of withholding and the National Reassessment Process. Much of the training materials presented at this session are available on this site.
FSALC State President Matty Rose tackled the legislative Issues facing the NALC and reemphasized the need for all members to support those representatives in Local, State and National positions that support issues effecting Letter Carriers.
The Spring District II Training is scheduled for the Fort Myers area. Two Branches asked to be considered as host for the Spring Session. Bradenton Branch 1753 will be considered for the Fall Seminar. Thanks to both cities for your interest. The District II Presidents are being surveyed for input into the dates of the spring meeting. Once the agenda is announced for the Melbourne FSALC Spring Training Seminar our District II agenda will be announced.
The August 22, 2009 District II Meeting by the Numbers:
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Jim Good, 599, Kirt Sullivan 1779, Steve Halkias 2008, Steve Camacho 2072, Tiffanie Novoa
2750.
National and State Officers In attendance: National Business Agent Judy Willoughby, FSALC President Matty Rose, Vice President Al Friedman, FSALC Secretary OD Elliott, and FSALC District II Chairman Joe
Henschen. Also in attendance: DRT Members: Branch 1091 Lynn Pendleton, Branch 1477 Greg Welsh, Branch 599 Brian
Obst, Branch 2008 Bob Lambert.
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