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"...“This is by no means a consolidation of good stuff. This is a rearrangement of the furniture. I imagine we’ll come out with more square footage deployed around the nation than before we started. It’s just not going to be wasteful square footage,” DeJoy said. “I’m talking about waste, and handling things 17 times, instead of handling it once or twice — because it’s doable.”
USPS recently opened Regional Processing & Distribution Centers (RPDCs) in Atlanta, Georgia..."
"...Nevada’s two Democratic senators and lone Republican member of Congress have joined the chorus of opposition to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) plans to move its Reno mail processing operations to Sacramento, The Nevada Independent has learned.
Under the proposal, the Reno facility — which is the hub for Northern Nevada mail — would no longer be responsible for processing mail and would instead become a center that would prepare already-processed mail for delivery. This means that if someone from Northern Nevada sends something in the mail, it would first go to Sacramento before reaching its destination. ...They asked for USPS to provide any assessments conducted on the impact of downsizing the Reno facility on the region and the impacts of the region’s weather on service. The drive from Sacramento to Reno crosses over the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which often receives heavy snow.
“USPS does not provide information about the study on which it relied to reach this determination"
"...YAKIMA- Following a public meeting held February 28th - attended by around 40 residents - Yakima resident now have just two weeks until March 14th to give feedback to the US Postal Service about a proposal to relocate some of Yakima County's mail processing to Spokane.
At Wednesday's meeting, the USPS Pacific Northwest Division Senior Processing Director Brian Gaines, told residents that mail within the county would still be processed in Yakima, but anything with a zip code other than 989 would be sent to Spokane for processing. ..."
"...BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of workers at the United States Postal Service processing center on William Street took their fight to the streets Friday in Buffalo, as the USPS is considering uprooting the facility and moving it to Rochester.
If the move is approved, the center that processes 30,000 letters per hour and hundreds of employees would be relocated 60 miles east. This would mean all the mail that now moves through Buffalo would have to be processed in Rochester first, which could lead to delays across Western New York...."
"...CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 133 were hoping to see a big turnout for a public meeting about the future of the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and that was the case Wednesday.
Around 200 people were at the public meeting with more than 30 people who got up and spoke. Some speakers were just concerned citizens or supporters of the mail ..."
"The U.S. Postal Service has concluded that some of Casper’s mail processing should move to Billings, which means that along with a similar move in Cheyenne, Wyoming would be left without a major mail processing center. ..."
Community, customers and employees voice opposition
"...MANCHESTER, N.H. — So many people wanted to weigh in Thursday about potential changes to a U.S. Postal Service facility in Manchester that the meeting had to move to a bigger room.
Postal workers are concerned that shifting some mail processing operations from Manchester to Boston could affect jobs and employees' commutes. ..."
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It is now part of an overall $40 billion national consolidation of regional mail systems, with talk of moving some of that Buffalo work to a facility in Rochester.
So far the postal service has declined interview requests, only sending out press releases claiming greater efficiency.
They have also decided to postpone a scheduled public information meeting...based on reports from other areas, perhaps an automated mail sorting device called an advanced facer canceller would be removed from the current Buffalo plant.
American Postal Workers Union Local 324 President Frank Resetarits said, "They took out a piece of equipment that if we lose here in Buffalo, it's going to result in a delay in mail."
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"... Huffman called USPS’ consolidation plan “reckless,” saying the proposed legislation would add a much-needed level of oversight and make sure future consolidation plans “are based on data and the unique priorities of our local communities...."
NPMHU Prevails in First Phase of National Arbitration Challenging Proposed Closings and Consolidations
"...The NPMHU has prevailed in the first phase of its National arbitration against the Postal Service challenging many of the proposed closings and consolidations of mail processing plants under the Area Mail Processing guidelines found in Handbook PO-408..."
