Delayed delivery: Eureka mail heading to Oregon

(July 2, 2014) As the U.S. Postal Service moves forward with its plan to consolidate mail processing facilities nationwide, local representatives spoke out against a plan today that would result in mail from the Eureka area being sorted in Medford, Ore., starting sometime next year. “In 2011, we opposed this same consolidation proposal because we…

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South Dakota Newspaper Association opposes USPS consolidation plans

(July 2, 2014) South Dakota Newspaper Association Board of Directors today issued a statement objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s plan that it will consolidate more than 80 mail processing facilities across the country, including the Dakota Central Processing and Distribution Facility at Huron. “This latest announcement by the Postal Service hits rural America hard,”…

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Paducah’s Mail Processing Facility Set to Close, Could Lead to Longer Delivery Times

(July 2, 2014) Mail delivery times could lengthen in the Purchase area with the oncoming closure of Paducah’s processing plant. The US Postal Service announced the consolidation of more than 80 mail facilities this week. Mail processed in Paducah would go to Evansville, Indiana, once the closure is complete. American Postal Workers Union Local 2500…

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Teachers, postal workers weigh Staples boycott

(July 2, 2014) Public school teachers across the USA are threatening to boycott office-supply retailer Staples during back-to-school shopping season, saying the Massachusetts-based chain’s plan to staff in-store U.S. Postal Service counters with its own store employees will replace “living-wage jobs” with lower-paying positions. Already, state teachers’ unions in California, Michigan and New Hampshire have…

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