Post office facilities facing closure cut to 413 — two dozen in Bay Area By Randolph E. Schmid Associated Press The Postal Service has narrowed the number of post offices facing possible closure to 413, including two dozen in the Bay Area. Struggling with a sharp decline in mail volume caused by the recession […]
Updated List in Conflict With Yesterday’s Filing With PRC which lists 750 stations and branches is on consolidation list Fewer Retail Offices Remain Under Review for Consolidation USPS Moves to Remove Cost and Maintain Customer Access The Postal Service announced today that 413 retail stations and branches remain under consideration for possible consolidation. Today’s announcement […]
Updated list provided to the union this week includes Level 22 and below post offices Initially the USPS review was limited to Post Offices at or above EAS Level 24.. The Postal Service states that the Initiative already began in May with the examination of the portion of the retail network consisting of stations and […]
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson will host a town hall meeting on proposed changes to the Dallas Main Post Office Processing and Distribution Center at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2009 at Dallas City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1500 Marilla Drive. A recent study conducted by the U.S. Postal Service recommended the transfer of […]
USPS sent the following letter to the Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Regional Coordinator,notifying him on possible consolidations of Computerized Forwarding System units in the Western Area: August 4, 2009 Omar M. Gonzalez Western Region Coordinator American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO 500 Airport Blvd. Suite 450 Burlingame, CA 94010-1940 Dear Mr. Gonzalez: Please be advised that […]
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service’s unilateral consolidation of six USPS Districts. By letter dated May 12, 2009, the union was informed that six district offices had been consolidated and that effective July 4, 2009, the casual reports used by the Union to monitor compliance with Article 7.1.B.5 will […]
Station and Branch Closures, Five-Day Delivery: Acts of Surrender, With the Battle’s Outcome in Doubt Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery to five days per week “will unquestionably have a negative effect on the postal monopoly,” APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee at a hearing July 30. Such actions “will impede […]
From House Subcommittee: The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia will hold an oversight hearing entitled “Making Sense of It All: An Examination of USPS’s Station and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery Route Adjustments” on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office […]
According to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Federal Register notice: This document addresses a recent Postal Service filing seeking Commission action on matters related to a retail network consolidation plan affecting certain postal stations and branches and postal patrons, primarily through consolidation of facilities. It includes information on several related procedural steps, including intervention and a […]
Postal Regulatory Commission Press Release July 10, 2009 Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No: 244 establishing Docket N2009-1 to provide a public hearing and issue an advisory opinion on the national service implications of a U.S. Postal Service “Station and Branch Optimization and Consolidation Initiative.” The Postal Service has advised […]