Hunter Phillips Longtime Mailer Coordinator Retires

Veteran Sector staffer R. Hunter Phillips retired on May 1, 2009, after 18 years on the Sector staff and more than 44 years in the industry.
A Viet Nam vet, Phillips joined Washington Mailers Local M-29 in 1963, serving his apprenticeship at the Washington Daily News. After his discharge from the Air Force, he worked for the Detroit News, returning after one year to work for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
Phillips was appointed to the Sector staff in 1991, with primary responsibility for coordinating mailer local unions. In 2002, he was promoted to the post of administrative assistant to the president. He was a troubleshooter for some of the Sector's most difficult negotiations. Phillips headed up the negotiating team for Washington Post Mailers. In 2008, He worked with the Pittsburgh Mailers (Local M-22) and Printers (Local 7) to successfully complete negotiations with the troubled Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Phillips lives in Occoquan, VA, with his wife Patricia.