VERN A.

KNUDSEN
120 Vanderford Road North,
Orange Park, Florida 32073 vaknudsen@hotmail.com
Home: (305) 506-4983 Cell: (904) 703-0895
I am a two year retiree from both the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal
Service (USPS), with twenty-eight (28) years of excellent research and case preparation experience with
the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the Grievance/Arbitration Processing and Procedures
of the APWU and USPS. I have twenty (20) years experience representing employees in the Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO) Process and experience with the Merit System Protection Board
(MSPB) Process.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 28 years representing employees of the USPS with their Grievance/Arbitration Procedure

• 20 years representing Equal Employment Opportunity Process
• Total online access to the APWU Arbitration Data Base, the EEO and the MSPB Data Bases
• Online access to Court Electronic Records through “PACER” (Public Access to Court
Electronic Records)
• Strong working experience and knowledge with Microsoft Word, Excel and Corel Wordperfect
• In July, 2003, through utilization of Microsoft Excel, compiled data and evidence resulting in
settlement awards in excess of $126,000 for Postal Service abuse to 15 employees
• Based on the investigatory evidence furnished by me to the National Labor Relations Board, was
personally responsible for a MSPB “Blue Eagle” Citation brought against the USPS (Jacksonville Bulk
Mail Center) for Failure to Bargain in Good Faith
• Associates of Arts Degree, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Fl.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2 Terms President American Postal Workers Union, Local 7041, Jacksonville Bulk Mail Center
• 2 Partial terms Executive-Vice President APWU, Local 7041
• 1 Partial term, Secretary, APWU, Local 7041
• 1 Partial term, Sergeant-at-Arms, APWU Local 7041
• 1+ terms, Treasurer, APWU Local 7041
• 1 partial term, Chief Shop Steward, APWU Local 7041
• 8 years, Primary Representative between APWU Local 7041 and the National Labor Relations
Board, working hand-in-hand with NLRB Resident Officer Tom Blabey and Resident Agents Ross
Licare and Imee Licare
• 25 successful years of representing employees of the U.S. Postal Service with their claims, issues
and problems against the USPS
• 20 years successfully representing employees of the APWU, Local 7041, with EEO related
issues from mediation forward throughout the EEO Process. Established working relationship with
former EEO Representative James Brown.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proficient with the APWU Search System and APWU Arbitration Data Base
• Proficient with the EEO and the MSPB Data Bases
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Corel Wordperfect
• Proficient with the capability to access and save (to PDF Format) any and all records cited
previously and transfer these records to any home base

CLOSING SYNOPSYS AND SUMMARY

I take this opportunity to make this statement to you. You are looking to find a good solution for
possible problems, both now and in the future. You are now evaluating that possible solution. To this I
now say, “you are looking at your solution!”. I have the ability, the wherewithal and the drive to
provide you with a solution. I am not simply a “pawn:”, but possess the instinct, drive and enthusiasm
to provide you with the results you seek. I know what it takes to win, to excel to get the job done. I
have done this for more than 28 years and I have had more success, have been more dominant with the
manner which I research, prepare and present my cases than the vast majority. I know what it takes to
win and I know what it takes to achieve desired results. I have been the single most sought after
representative for employees of the U. S. Postal Service to secure for their representative problems than
anyone else. My voracity is unchallenged at the Jacksonville Bulk Mail Center and I am the last person
management in the USPS ever wanted to see across from them at the table because I was always 2 – 3
steps ahead, always prepared! I am very confident in my abilities and resources. The NLRB
Representatives I worked with, always knew I possessed and provided all possible evidence to support
the Charges and Claims I was pursuing and making. If these qualifications are what you are seeking to
protect and represent your company/firm, then all I can say is “I am your solution”! I took on the United
States Postal Service and prevailed! I do not condone failure! I have never accepted failure! I have the
appetite to succeed and win! As an employer, if you seek positive results, I can provide these results.
The choice is yours. I have the energy, drive, desire and enthusiasm to, not only succeed, but to deliver
desired positive results. My satisfaction comes from providing satisfaction and rewarding results to
those I represent. If this is what you seek, let’s get together.