[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5346-S5347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DOUGLAS C. HOLBROOK

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Douglas C. Holbrook, who will be retiring from his position as 
Secretary-Treasurer of the American Postal Workers Union in November, 
1998. Mr. Holbrook is being recognized for his service to the men and 
women of the American Postal Workers Union at their 14th Biennial 
National Convention, which will take place in my home town of Detroit, 
Michigan, from July 20-24, 1998.
  Douglas Holbrook was born and attended high school in Virginia, and 
moved to Michigan to study labor relations and administration at Wayne 
State University in Detroit. While in Detroit, Mr. Holbrook began his 
career with the U.S. Postal Service as a part-time clerk. His abilities 
were quickly recognized by his fellow employees, and he began his 
distinguished career in labor relations with the Detroit District Area 
Local. After serving as Trustee, Editor of the Detroit Postal Worker 
and Vice President, he was elected President of the District Local in 
1966. Mr. Holbrook served in this position until being chosen to fill 
the unexpired term of his predecessor as Secretary-Treasurer of the 
American Postal Workers Union.
  The American Postal Workers Union is the largest union of postal 
workers in the world. Under the steady and determined leadership of Mr. 
Holbrook, APWU has truly been a powerful force for workers rights, fair 
pay and a safe

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workplace. I know that he will be missed by his colleagues and by 
postal workers from every corner of the country.
  Mr. President, I know my colleagues join me in expressing 
appreciation to Douglas Holbrook for his distinguished service to our 
nation's postal workers, and in wishing him well in his upcoming 
retirement.

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