Welcome to The National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 308s home on the World Wide Web.

The NPMHU is a national organization of employees dedicated to advancing the interests of its members and their families. The primary purpose of the Union is to negotiate and enforce a National Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service, a contract that establishes wages, cost-of-living adjustments and other pay increases, working conditions, and fringe benefits for all workers within its jurisdiction. The Union also protects workers’ rights by representing them in day-to-day problems on the job, like discipline, violations of seniority, discrimination, or other management abuse, and addresses such work-place concerns as safety, health, and the impact of technological change.

Mail Handler members belong to a local union, with jurisdiction in their city, town, or area. Locals elect their own officers and conduct their own day-to-day business. They negotiate a Local Memorandum of Understanding to supplement the National Agreement on certain local concerns.

Nationally, NPMHU has its headquarters in Washington D.C. to administer the Union and to implement programs and policies mandated by the Constitution and the National Executive Board. The national resident officers include the National President and the National Secretary-Treasurer.

Local 308 represents 2,643 Mail Handlers working in Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Local 308 ranks 21st in membership numbers of all Locals. We have an associate membership of 5,878 making our total membership 8,521.

We created this web site to keep our members informed and updated on union and postal issues. We have also provided a resource page with information that is valuable to our union officials and members alike. Our links page has many great sites listed that we believe essential and beneficial to all Mail Handlers.

Local 308 is Headquartered in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in the historic Frankford Arsenal. The Frankford Arsenal is a 20-acre site where the U.S. government manufactured small-arms ammunitions for various war-time campaigns, including the Civil War and World Wars I and II. In 1976 vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale stood in front of the Frankford Arsenal and promised that it would remain open. It closed in 1977 for government use.

The northernmost part of the site was assumed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for use as a boat ramp access and fishing spot on the Delaware River. The southernmost part is currently being used as a light-industrial and office park.