National President John Hegarty recently made two appointments to the NPMHU’s Committee on the Future:  David Jarvis, President of Local 315 (State of Oregon), and J.R. Macon, President of Local 329 (States of Tennessee and Arkansas) will be joining the Committee.

          “With all of the important issues facing the NPMHU now, and into the future, David and J.R. bring some impressive qualifications to the table,” said President Hegarty.  The Committee will next meet in March, and the NPMHU is certain that both J.R. and David will share their expertise, and greatly add to the discussion moving forward into 2013 and beyond.

          John R. (J.R.) Macon started as a mail handler in Chicago back in 1973.  He transferred to Memphis, TN in 1983, and shortly thereafter he became a steward, then chief steward.  Elected to Recording Secretary of Local 329 in 2000, he then served as the Branch President of the Memphis P&DC from 2003 to 2009.  He was elected Local President in 2009 and reelected in 2012.

          J.R. has participated in arbitration training, CIM training, the RI #399 process, QWL, and has been trained on Article 12 issues.  He has pre-arbitrated and arbitrated numerous cases, has appealed and handled numerous matters before the Merit System Protection Board, and has been an advocate for mail handlers at EEO and unemployment hearings.

          He also has been active in the legislative and political arena, and served as a member of the Field Negotiating Committee for 2011.  During Conventions, he served on the Rules Committee for the 2012 NPMHU Convention, and has been an elected delegate representing Local 329 at several LIUNA and NPMHU Conventions.

          David Jarvis began his postal career in Portland, OR in May 1985.  He became active in his Local Union in 1993, when he was elected Treasurer of Local 315, a position that he held for two terms until 1999.  During his tenure as Local Treasurer, he also was the Chief Steward at the Portland P&DC on Tour 3 for a few years.

          In 1999 he was elected Local President, a position he continues to hold today, currently serving in his fifth term.  He has been the Local Union representative in the arbitration process since 1999 and has been active in all Local Negotiations since 1999.  David has served on the Field Negotiating Committee for several rounds of bargaining, and has been to each National Convention since 1996.  He also has focused on legislative issues, and has been an active participant at the NPMHU bi-annual Legislative Conferences.