Van Skillman and Danny Eason are the self-declared officers of the APWA. Tom Coleman, Esq., is APWA's lawyer... But Coleman is much more than that. Here are a few things you should know about Francis "Tom" Coleman. Coleman is a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Section of Williams Mullen law firm in their Washington DC office. According to its web site, (www.williamsmullen.com) the firm helps employers:

- Defeat union organizing attempts for clients in major manufacturing sectors such as steel, paper, health care, printing, construction, and mining.

- Decertify unions (geeze, that's a familiar one)

- Train all levels of management in union avoidance (union busting)

Coleman is a member of the labor Lawyer's Advisory Committee and was the past chairman of a group called Cuncil for a Union-Free Environment (CUE). is this who you want advising the officers of an association that claims to be "SOLELY and EXCLUSIVELY for the benefit of any UPS employee? Francis T. Coleman has written two anti-union books that threaten the future of any and all unions. They are:

The De-Unionizing Handbook & Becoming Union Free.

WHO is APWA?
The two bozos, Skillman and Eason are employees at UPS in NC. Coleman is the attorney

WHERE is APWA?
is it at:
The home of Van Skillman in NC?
PO Box 58427
Raleigh, NC 27658

Williams Mullen Law Firm at
1666 K Street
Washington, DC ?

Or the state of Deleware, where APWA is registered as a non-profit organization?

WHAT is APWA?
According to the US Department of Labor, APWA is NOT a registered labor union. As of August 1st 2006, the Departmrnt of Labor has not received any application, paperwork from the APWA, Tom Colman Esq., Danny Eason, or Van Skillman.


APWA says that no one will ever be thrown out of any of their meetings for asking "a hard question that we don't want to answer". I challenge any of you to ask the following if you ever piss away you free time and actually attend one of these meetings:

1. Can I see you Blaws and Constitution?
2. I see that you are registered as a non-profit. Can you show us your IRS tax filing, specifically the Form-990 which is required by 501 © (5) organizations that have over $25,000 income.
3. Why are you incorporated in Deleware. rather than North Carolina, where your mailing address is listed?
4. Does the APWA operate out of any offices in North Carolina where its mailing address is listed on its website and its two officers live?
5. Why does the IRS record your address at 1666 K Street in Washington DC? (Coleman's Law Firm)
6. How many members does APWA have?
7. Why hasn't APWA filed any registration forms as a labor organization with the departmrnt of labor?
8. Who are other officers / staff of APWA?
9. Have any of the officers of APWA ever negotiated a union contract?
10. Have any of the officers of APWA ever represented union members (i.e., as shop stewards etc.?)
11. Does APWA employ any staffers who are experienced in representing union members, as opposed to its attorney, who has expertise in union busting?

Think about it folks.... The Teamsters are 1.4 million strong, let's send the message that we care about "our" union and its future. Let's dump these bozos and become more involved with our Teamster Locals and don't forget to vote for IBT officers, you should all have your ballots by now.

UPS'ers should also be asking these guys if they have ever met with UPS corporate management about their APWA plans. They should be asking these guys if they are actual dues paying members or "scabs" in the right to work state they come from.

I have been told that they did meet with UPS corporate lawyers early on and after that meeting the Coleman law firm popped up and was available to them. The Coleman law firm has also done work for UPS in the past. Strange coincidence?

With the recent court rulings on chapter 11's by supposed bankrupt companies that allows these companies to void their single employer pensions, why would anyone want to leave a multi-employer plan and start up a single employer plan? This APWA group is being played like a fiddle and the sad part is they are not smart enough to figure that out.

Did UPS take any input or put it to a vote of the Thrift Plan participants before they shut that plan down and replaced it with the stock? Then why would anyone think that if they got their hands on the pension that in the future they might just decide to stop funding it. Maybe they could spin off the parcel delivery into a seperate company outside of the UPS umbrella and the file a chapter 11 just like alot of the airline companies have done. It is something to think about because anything can happen when there is enough money involved and Washington DC politics are in the mix.