The National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 317 held their quarterly union meeting today. In attendance were Huntsville City Councilman Richard Showers. Mr. Showers again reiterated his support for the employees at the Huntsville Processing and Distribution Facility. The facility is slated to close in early 2014. Mr. Showers questioned why the Postal Service would close a facility that is owned by the Postal Service in favor of the Birmingham annex facility which is costing the USPS untold amounts of money in lea
se payments. Additionally, he questioned the removal of the Huntsville postmark and how the postal service thought it would save money by sending mail to Birmingham to be processed, only to be returned to the Huntsville plant, often unprocessed, to be distributed locally. Postal advocate Jasper Curry was present to update the group on actions being taken to return the historic Huntsville postmark back to the rocket city and prevent the closure of the much needed facility.
