‘My Mail, My Ohio’ Launches Effort To Stop Closure Of Four Mail Processing Facilities

February 26, 2015 AKRON—Today, ‘My Mail, My Ohio’ announced a unified effort to stop the closure of four regional mail facilities in Ohio. These closures will slow mail delivery, negatively impact small businesses and non-profit organizations, and have a devastating effect on the Akron, Youngstown, Toledo and Dayton communities. Myra Grubbs, spokesperson for the effort,…

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APWU: Congressional Support Grows for Prompt, Reliable Mail

USPS Should Nix Mail Delays, Say Reps Web News Article #: 037-2015 02/23/2015 – The bipartisan coalition of lawmakers saying “No” to delayed mail is growing by the day. Since the end of January, 46 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of House Resolution 54 (H.Res.54). The resolution, introduced…

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Mail seem slow? Postal service change is likely the cause

By Cara Spoto – February 1, 2015 RACINE COUNTY, WI — If you’ve recently suspected that letters and bills have been bit slower in arriving in your mailbox, you’re not imagining it. Last month, the United States Postal Service implemented changes to the way it processes all First-Class Mail that isn’t big enough to be…

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Video: Houston USPS workers not getting paid on time

Employees of a mail processing facility at the center of customer complaints say mail delivery isn’t the only thing being delayed there By Jeff Ehling – January 6, 2014 HOUSTON (KTRK) — Houston post office employees say they are not getting paid on time. It’s happening at a Houston mail processing facility that has been…

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Video: U.S. Postal Service to Begin Cuts in Service Monday

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The U.S. Postal Service plans to slow down delivery of first class mail on Monday as part of cost-cutting efforts in 2015. First class mail consists of the bills and cards sent through the mail. As customers send more email and pay more bills online, the volume of first class mail has…

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AUDIO: APWU President Dimondstein Talks to Ed Schultz

Web News Article #: 187-2014 10/17/2014 – In an interview on The Ed Schultz Show on Oct. 16, APWU President Mark Dimondstein explained how USPS plans to lower “service standards” and close 82 mail processing plants would slow mail delivery throughout the country. The cuts would affect every postal patron, regardless of where they live, and would send the Postal Service into…

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Slow mail delivery for Boston, OIG investigation finds

Boston residents may have to wait a little longer for their mail after an investigation showed the city’s Postal Service processing and distribution center saw a 56 percent increase in the amount of delayed mail within a single year. In just the first three months of fiscal year 2014, the Boston center delayed delivery of…

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