WNYers join fight to save mail center: wivb.com CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Frustration and fury reigned the night as hundreds of western New Yorkers joined the fight to save Buffalo’s William Street Post Office. About 200 outraged citizens, elected officials and Postal Service employees lit up the mic at a public meeting to discuss a […]
Thirty U.S. Postal Service employees marched up Lancaster Avenue from St. Davids to Wayne on a frigid Tuesday evening to protest the possible closing of the Southeastern PA Processing and Distribution Center in Tredyffrin. The protest preceded a postal service hearing at the Radnor Middle School about proposed changes that could close the facility. Public […]
KBTX.com -Bryan/College Station, TX Texas A few concerned residents and some postal employees attended a hearing tonight to hear a proposal to move Bryan’s mail processing center to Houston or Austin as a cost saving measure. “We are looking at every area within our organization of ways that we can consolidate and become more efficient, […]
Below is text of letter from USPS to APWU President Mr. Cliff Guffey President American Postal Workers Union (APWU), AFL-CIO 1300 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-4128 Dear Cliff, This letter responds to your inquiry concerning the impact of the Postal Service’s December 13 announcement to delay the closing of any Post Office or mail […]
Washington, DC – December 23, 2011- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and one of the authors of bipartisan postal reform legislation, today issued the following statement regarding the Postal Regulatory Commission’s advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close almost 3700 post offices […]
Sen. Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service Announcement Regarding Hares Corner Processing Center WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement regarding moving forward on the closure of the Hares Corner Processing Center. The U.S. […]
Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued its Advisory Opinion in Docket N2011-1 on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI), a program that identified more than 3,600 post offices and other retail facilities for possible closure this year. The Postal Service is required to ask the Commission for an Advisory Opinion on […]
(WMC-TV) – Dozens of mail trucks were stuck in South Memphis for hours Saturday afternoon with nowhere to unload. The holiday rush nearly doubled the mail coming through at the Memphis United States Postal Service processing center. Some drivers took cat naps as they waited to unload Christmas mail. At one point, the line to […]
Media Alert: Despite Announced Moratorium on Postal Closings, USPS to Hold Closing Hearing for Hunts Point Post Office in the Bronx Thursday, Community Leaders and Unions to Protest New York City – December 14, 2011. Following yesterday’s announcement by the Postal Service of a moratorium on postal closing until May 2012, the Postal Service will […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement on the Postal Service’s decision to delay closing or consolidation of post offices and mail processing facilities: “Ensuring that the U.S. Postal Service has the tools and resources it needs to survive and thrive […]