pressherald: U.S. Sen. Susan Collins sent a letter Thursday to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy warning him that consolidating Maine’s two mail processing facilities would be disastrous. But a Postal Service spokesman said there has not been any talk of closing facilities, only scrutiny of “how they can best be utilized.” A news release from Collins’ office said the Republican senator … Read More
West Virginia Governor & Senators concerned over possible USPS consolidation
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – For 12 years, Justin Turner has been one of about 800 employees at the United States Postal Service (USPS) Processing and Distribution Center in South Charleston. Turner was shocked to hear about the USPS review of the facility and possible plans for consolidation. “When did you first hear about the news of possible consolidation?” said WSAZ’s … Read More
Rep. Steve Womack objects to Postal Service plans in Fayetteville and decries the lack of notice
FAYETTEVILLE — U.S. Rep. Steve Womack objected Tuesday to both the proposal to move some mail sorting operations out of Fayetteville and to the lack of notice of such a plan being considered. The U.S. Postal Service will host a public meeting at 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Fayetteville Public Library on whether to move some sorting operations from … Read More
Union postal workers displeased with proposed changes to Columbia mail facility
KOMU: The way mail is distributed could change in Columbia, MO, and U.S. Postal Service union workers are dissatisfied with the proposal. The U.S. Postal Service held a public meeting with residents Thursday over potential changes to the way mail moves across the state. Following a Mail Processing Facility Review, USPS came to the conclusion that the Columbia processing and … Read More
‘No post offices will be closed’ in Southwest Michigan consolidation, USPS says
mlive.com: Three post offices in Southwest Michigan will remain open as retail locations even though their delivery units will be consolidated at one new Sorting and Delivery Center in Kalamazoo beginning June 1, 2024. Customers will not notice a change in the retail services offered at the Portage, Schoolcraft and Kalamazoo-Westwood branch post offices, said U.S. Postal Service spokesperson Elizabeth Najduch. “Customers will see no … Read More
New Jersey postal facility set to close as part of nationwide restructuring of the US Postal Service
wsws.org: The post office’s Greater Newark New Jersey Processing and Distribution Center (PDC) in Kearny, New Jersey is slated to close early next year, threatening hundreds of jobs. Its operations will be consolidated in the Jersey City Network Distribution Center (NDC), which will become the Regional Processing & Distribution Center (RPDC) for the region. In 2022, this facility employed as … Read More
USPS releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Next Gen Fleet Acquisitions
USPS announcement: September 29, 2023 Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) Acquisitions Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, its implementing regulations at 39 CFR Part 775, and the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the U.S. Postal Service announces availability … Read More
What’s going to happen to the US Post Office in Imperial Beach?
nbcsandiego.com: The Imperial Beach City Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday night opposing any changes — especially any closures — to the city’s only United States Post Office. Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre said the USPS has transferred a number of employees to a postal location in Chula Vista’s Eastlake community. She’s also worried the IB Post Office’s lease has not been … Read More
Postal workers have the blues: Ulster locations targeted in cost-cutting consolidation
hudsonvalleyone.com: As the month of September draws near, Ulster County postal workers in the 125 postal area are expressing fear and trepidation in the face of organizational changes slated to affect the operation of county post offices, part of a bold USPS nationwide reorganization and consolidation plan to cut costs. The 125 refers to all the post offices in southeast … Read More
DeJoy’s steps for more postal cuts draw flak
peoplesworld.org: The latest steps by Trump-named Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to cut Postal Service costs by cutting service have drawn bipartisan flak from Capitol Hill and prior protests from USPS workers from Medford, Ore., to Newburgh, N.Y. And from the Postal Rate Commission, too. DeJoy told the regulators last month his cuts are—in so many words—none of their business and … Read More
DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details.
The Trump-appointed postmaster general behaves as if the public isn’t entitled to transparency at a public institution. The public learned last fall of one particularly controversial element of United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service that would be rolling out soon. Essentially, the function of sorting and delivering mail would be consolidated into regional centers, … Read More
Chula Vista eyed as location for new USPS sorting and delivery center
San Diego Union Tribune: The United States Postal Service is in the midst of a massive, 10-year effort to modernize its delivery network nationwide. Changes under the plan will affect two facilities in South County. Chula Vista’s main post office has been selected as a location for a new sorting and delivery center, and Imperial Beach will have to relocate … Read More
USPS Network Plan Includes Insourcing of Linehaul Work
multichannelmerchant.com: A U.S. Postal Service plan to insource all line hauling of mail and parcels between hubs and local delivery units, which had been handled by contractors, will be completely phased in by 2025, according to a source with knowledge of meetings with USPS officials. As part of the 10-year Delivering for America network overhaul plan, begun in 2021, contractors … Read More
USPS faces bipartisan pushback as it ramps up consolidation efforts
Government Executive: The U.S. Postal Service is facing intensifying pressure as it prepares to significantly scale up its efforts to consolidate mail sorting into fewer facilities, with lawmakers in both parties and employees warning of the unintended consequences of the plan. A Republican lawmaker, Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., recently questioned the consolidation plan’s impact on his district, saying it lacked … Read More