NRLCA, APWU, and USPS go to court over who sorts the mail

(January 8, 2015) Early last fall, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) filed a labor grievance against the Postal Service concerning who separates and sorts the mail brought back to the post office by rural carriers. Now the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) has filed a lawsuit against the Postal Service and the APWU…

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Jacksonville USPS sorting facility to take on Gainesville mail

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The United States Postal Service admits it will change the way you get first class mail and periodicals. They call it the phase 2 rationalization and one of the places being affected is the sorting facility in Jacksonville. Most people we found dropping off mail at Jacksonville’s main sorting facility had no…

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Gainesville, FL post office to lose more processing work

(July 3, 2014) GAINESVILLE – The U.S. Postal Service will transfer the remaining processing and distribution functions now handled at the 34th Street post office to Jacksonville next year as part of plans to close 82 processing facilities. The retail portion of the 34th Street site will remain open, according to spokeswoman Dionne Montague. Outgoing…

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