SPECIAL 2016 CONVENTION EDITION

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President’s Report

Read President Hogrogian’s report on the 2016 National Convention and the Union’s efforts to achieve a negotiated agreement

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Finance Statement SecretaryTreasurer’s Report

Read National SecretaryTreasurer Gardner’s article addressing the recent NPMHU convention and the Union’s push to elect a President that supports organized labor

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Why Endorse?

A comparison of candidates

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2016 NPMHU National Convention – The Power of You!

20 NPMHU Honors

Regional Vice Presidents Peppers and Santos

22 2016 Convention Committees

24 Around the Union

The Quarterly Publication of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union

Regional and Local images from the 2016 convention

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30 Report of the

National Officers

46 Legislative and

Political Committee Recommended Resolutions

49 Resolutions

Committee Recommendations

53 Vallone Scholars-

NPMHU Scholarship Program

Education is a passport to the future

54 MHBP

This Plan is Your Plan ®