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We the undersigned support a move to request from the American Postal Workers
Union a Unit Clarification for the members in the APWU Maintenance Craft. We
feel that the community of interest is too diverse throughout levels 1 through
10 and that a single craft or unit cannot properly represent the views of all
the members involved. We propose creating a new craft or unit which will be
composed of members with like interests. This will include Maintenance employees
with professional responsibilities and jobs that require extensive training,
specialized knowledge, advanced skills, etc.

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       Make as many copies as necessary - please send signatures to
          UPTEAM * PO BOX 100632 * FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33310-0632
  (Your signature does not express any interest or agreement with UPTEAM,
             nor any other interest except that stated above)

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We are circulating a petition to see if we can generate some interest from
within the Maintenance Craft of the APWU to split the craft into two units or
crafts: one technical and one non-technical. We believe that interests of all
parties will best be served by having a craft that is united by a community of
interest. If there is enough interest from the Maintenance Craft members, i.e.,
many signatures, we will present this petition to the leaders of the APWU and
make our request to them. If they ignore our request we will have enough of a
show of interest to complain to the National Labor Relations Board and to
possibly request a Unit Clarification from them. The following statements are
excerpts from a book which explains decisions made from cases between Unions,
Employers and the NLRB. We have included them here to explain a point of view
and to show the legality of this action.

Also, note the many different crafts that now exist in the APWU: Motor Vehicle,
Clerk, Maintenance, and Special Delivery Messenger. Why not a Technical Craft?

Excerpts from Cases and Materials on LABOR LAW, by Cox, Bok, and Gorman, 9th
edition:

"A large unit, commonly favored by the employer, will typically be much more
difficult for the Union to organize than a small one.

"A large unit may engross within it employees of different skill, attitudes, and
interests: the more likely there will be conflicts of interest and strains upon
the union's ability to represent all unit employees fairly in negotiating and
administering the collective bargaining agreement.

"The smaller and the more homogeneous the unit, the more likely it is that the
individual worker will be effectively represented and will have his voice heard
in a democratic manner... the larger the unit, the more diluted the impact of
any single employee on the shaping of Union policy.

"[NLRB limitiations] protects the right of craft employees to be represented
separately, in spite of an earlier certification within a more all-encompassing
bargaining unit. Another forbids the Board to group professional and
nonprofessional employees within a single bargaining unit unless a majority of
the professional employees vote for inclusion in such unit... [and] defines a
professional employee as one whose work is predominantly intellectual, requiring
the constant exercise of discretion and judgement and knowledge of an advanced
type acquired through prolonged, specialized, and intellectual instruction (as
opposed to the routine or physical work of a nonprofessional.)"