February 23, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following reports that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to close eight Mail & Processing Distribution Centers (P&DC) in Ohio despite a moratorium aimed at preventing consolidation until Congress passes postal reform legislation, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today called on the USPS to halt consolidation. “The five-month moratorium […]
Here is the excel version of the USPS Consolidation List USPS Consolidation List – Excel Version
The Postal Service has announced that most Area Mail Processing and other facility consolidation studies begun more than five months ago have been completed. All employees of the affected facilities have been notified. There has been a 25 percent decline in First-Class Mail volume since 2006, and the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for […]
The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday informed tens of thousands of employees that it plans to close mail processing facilities. The decisions are not final. No closings will occur before May 15. Postmaster General Patrick Donahue agreed to that timetable under moratorium proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to give Congress time to act. “The plan […]
Here is the plant consolidation list provided to the APWU today: USPS Consolidation List
This Time It’s Me It appears that the Postal Service is determined to continue with plans to consolidate over 200 mail processing facilities and to comply with consultation requirements of the contract they have met with the union. This is bad news as over 35,000 jobs will be eliminated and employees will be required to […]
Sen. Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service’s Processing and Distribution Center at Hares Corner WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement regarding its Processing and Distribution Center at Hares Corner: “The news that we heard today from leadership at the U.S. Postal Service’s Processing […]
A postal worker tells FOX23 the USPS is recommending the closure of the plant, cutting 573 positions. The move will slow down the mail process in Tulsa. All mail will be routed through Oklahoma City via Fox23
It “may” be incentives with early out retirement Feb. 22-23, 2012 Area Mail Processing and facility consolidation studies completed As we heard in September of last year, the Postal Service is facing difficult decisions in light of its dire financial situation. Mail volume has dropped by more than 43 billion pieces in the past 5 […]
So assuming we are going forward with all these changes, we would begin with plant consolidations and closures sometime after the May 15 moratorium