 Bill Lucini was elected Philadelphia Region 12’s National Business Agent by acclamation at the Las Vegas Convention in 2006. By then, the Navy veteran had already rolled up more than 30 years of postal service, including a decade’s worth of experience in the NBA’s office, both as an RAA and as the NBA since January 2006, when President Young appointed him to the office to fill a vacancy.
When Lucini was named as an RAA in 1995, he was already well acquainted with the concerns of Region 12 carriers. “I was very fortunate to have worked with two outstanding union leaders, first for NBA Jim Dolan and then for Tim O’Malley,” he said. “Each in his own way showed me what it takes to be a union leader.”
Lucini started his postal career in 1975 as a distribution clerk at the main post office in Philadelphia. “It didn’t take me long to figure out that I didn’t like working nights and weekends,” he recalled, “but it took five long years before I finally got a transfer to the carrier craft.”
Lucini was assigned to the Jenkintown Post Office in 1980 and joined the NALC. In less than a year, “the steward asked me to be his assistant and I became the steward in 1983,” he said. Jenkintown had merged with Philadelphia Branch 157 and Lucini’s commitment to the union was apparent. In 1986, he was asked to serve as branch Retirement and Death Benefit Trustee. He was later elected to two other positions, serving four years as trustee and three years as Health Benefits Rep.
“I always felt that it was important to speak out when management violated the contract or when carriers were not treated properly,” he said. “As a steward and officer, I had the opportunity to address those issues and try to get disputes resolved.”
He was an arbitration advocate, helped negotiate the local agreement, and served on the joint route inspection task force before being named as an RAA. Among his goals as NBA are continuing to improve the level of training, to impress on management the need to treat letter carriers with dignity and respect, and to keep the workplace safe.
Lucini and his wife, Judy, have a son, Jeffrey.
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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
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Ray McDonald
Dave Napadano
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