Shrewsbury, MA postal workers brace for job cuts

Posted on January 9, 2015January 9, 2015 by 21cpw

By Elaine Thompson – January 8, 2015 SHREWSBURY — Hundreds of employees at the Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center will have to reapply for jobs elsewhere when services at the facility are consolidated with two others, a USPS spokeswoman said Thursday. John H. Flattery, president of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Local 4553,…

Postal distribution center in Shrewsbury slated to close in 2015

Posted on July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 by 21cpw

SHREWSBURY — The Central Massachusetts Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Main Street is among as many as 82 United States Postal Service facilities that the agency announced Monday would be consolidated, beginning in January. John H. Flattery, president of the American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO Local 4553, which represents workers at the plant, said…