On March 20, Harold Ray, former secretary for National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 469 and the Alabama State Association of NALC, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $38,565. He had been indicted in January. Branch 469 is located in Mobile; the state association is located in Birmingham. The indictment and guilty plea follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
