 At the 2006 Las Vegas Convention, Lew Drass was re-elected by acclamation as the National Business Agent for Region 8, an endorsement he says will reinforce his strong commitment to defending letter carriers who need help. A steady history of union service has prepared him to do just that.
Drass began his postal career in Riverdale, Maryland, where he served as an NALC shop steward from 1983 to 1989. He transferred to Huntsville, Alabama in 1989, and soon made his presence known, becoming assistant newsletter editor and Muscular Dystrophy Association coordinator for Hunts-ville Branch 462 in 1990, serving in both posts until 1993.
In 1993, Drass was elected president of the 280-member branch, a job he held at the time of his first election as NBA at the 2002 National Convention in Philadelphia. Along the way, he also served as an Employee Involvement facilitator and, starting in 1997, as a local business agent.
Drass served as director of education for the Alabama State Association from 1995 to 1997, its vice president from 1997 to 2001, and president from 2001 to 2002.
Drass explained he became so active in the union because “I never have liked bullies. I still don’t. I just couldn’t sit by and watch management pick on other letter carriers who couldn’t—or wouldn’t —defend themselves.”
That accounts for his primary goal—“to ensure that letter carriers receive the best representation possible,” which he tries to encourage by “providing a quality training program and developing a communications network to produce effective results for all the letter carriers of our region.” Another of his primary goals has been “to convince every letter carrier to become actively involved in the legislative process,” he said.
Drass and his wife, Kathy, have twin daughters, Eileen and Kate, and a son, Brian.
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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
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Steve Lassan
Pete Moss
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