NPMHU Local 317 - Alabama
Official Site of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 317. Postal News for NPMHU 317 members. We consist of branches in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.
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The long-serving Huntsville Branch President for Alabama NPMHU Local 317 has recently retired. President Maria T. Boucher, served the Huntsville facility selflessly, being overwhelmingly reelected by the local membership numerous times. In her positionas president, she was responsible for the administration and ajudication of all uion matters for the local, bringing about positive change and solid representation of NPMHU members. Additionally, she served as a Mail Handler Equipment Operator and Group Leader. She will be greatly missed. NPMHU and its members wish Maria a wonderful and long-lived retirement. Thank you President Boucher!
Reference: NPMHU Local 317
"The letter comes after multiple reports of delays and letters being returned...Jerome Acuff of New Market said he too has experienced similar delays. He said the postal service even mishandled a time-sensitive document his lawyer sent.
“I had a piece of mail come from my lawyer. He had it stamped May 2nd and I didn’t get until May 21st,” Acuff said.
Both Acuff and Ruth said they believe these issues are due to a Birmingham Distribution facility where all mail from North Alabama goes, before it’s final stop.
Huntsville originally played home to it’s own packing and distribution facility, which was consolidated and closed in 2010. Acuff says before the closure, deliveries were quick and easy.
“Now, if I send a birthday card to someone just in Hazel Green or Meridianville, it has to go all the way down to Birmingham and all the way back up here again and they may get it a week later... maybe,” Acuff said. ..."
"...she went into her local post office a few days later to remail the check directly when the USPS workers told her something strange about their collection boxes.
“The woman that was there told me not to put any mail in their blue box that was still out there because it had been compromised and that someone had a way, thieves, had a way of getting into it,” she continued. “They were no longer utilizing that, it was being locked up.”..."
