Sen. Franken to Postal Service: Don’t close mail processing centers in Minnesota

WASHINGTON, D.C. [07/02/14]—Today, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) pressed the U.S Postal Service to reconsider its plan to close four mail processing centers throughout Minnesota. The closures, he said, will hurt Minnesota’s rural communities and drive more and more customers away from using the Postal Service. In a letter to the Postmaster General sent Wednesday,…

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Manasota mail facility back on Postal Service consolidation list

(July 2, 2014) TALLEVAST — The Manasota mail sorting facility is being returned to sender from the Postal Service after reappearing on a nationwide consolidation list Monday. The Postal Service published a list Monday of 82 postal facilities nationwide to be closed starting in January 2015 with the Manasota Processing and Distribution Center making a…

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APWU: Arbitrator Denies Union’s Grievance Protesting PVS Conversion to Highway Contract Route

Web News Article #: 129-14 July 2, 2014 – Arbitrator Shyam Das has denied a national-level grievance that protested the subcontracting of Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) operations in Columbus, OH.  In an award dated May 16, Das concluded that management’s decision to convert the entire Columbus PVS operation to a Highway Contract Route “did not…

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APWU: Arbitrator Rules Excessed Employees Must Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment

Web News Article #: 128-14 July 1, 2014 – The APWU won an important arbitration award on June 24, when Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service must determine – prior to excessing employees across craft lines – that the employees meet the minimum qualifications for the new position. The APWU filed a…

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Postal Service stands firm on closing downtown New Bedford office

NEW BEDFORD — The U.S. Postal Service has reaffirmed its decision to close the downtown post office. In a June 23 letter to the mayor’s office, Tom A. Samra, a vice president of facilities, said there is no basis to set aside the initial decision to relocate the central New Bedford post office to a…

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New Postal Service announcement has Roanoke sorting facility closing, for now

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player ROANOKE, Va. – An announcement from the Postmaster General could be bad news for the Roanoke Distribution facility. Beginning in early 2015, the Post Office has decided to proceed with a plan that would close 82 sorting facilities nationwide. The postal service says it would save them nearly $750 million…

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Amid financial woes, US Postal Service continues plans to close Scranton distribution hub

Ironically, news that the United States Postal Service is continuing plans to consolidate processing centers nationwide, including one in Scranton, arrived by email. Citing massive ongoing financial losses — borne of, among other things, diminishing First Class postage revenue — the Postal Service said Monday in a news release it will commence a second phase…

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NAPS reiterates opposition to USPS Plant Closures

The Postal Service on June 30 announced a major restructuring of its mail processing network with the closure of eighty-two (82) processing facilities throughout the country beginning in January, 2015. NAPS opposes the Postal Service’s plan because it will slow down the nation’s mail service, further dismantle the distribution network and eliminate middle-class jobs. The…

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