Is USPS suspending plant consolidations/closures? Update: Several Postal Employees respond to “rumor” on USPS plant consolidation **As stated it hasn’t been confirmed, but rumor is that Mid-Florida which was scheduled to close in July 26th is also on hold from closing now. There has been a lot of question though about the fact that they […]
Updated 5/15/2015 – – USPS Network Rationalization Consolidation Phase II-2015. List of postal facilities that have changed move date. USPS announced its latest list of last minute “public” changes to the Phase II-2015 USPS Network Rationalization Consolidation list. These changes affect Dayton P& DC, Iron Mountain, Colorado Springs, Asheville P & DF, Seattle, WA East […]
May 6, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Heitkamp Brings Together First Meeting of Solely Rural-State Senators to Highlight Needs of Rural America with New Postmaster General Senator Heidi Heitkamp Continues Bipartisan Leadership to Make Sure the Postal Service Works Better for Rural Communities in North Dakota & Across the Country Building on her efforts to improve […]
The following is a question from PostalReporter.com reader: I would like to know what has happened to our mail processing equipment? APC’s and 80lb. hampers have disappeared. Plants in the Atlanta (Georgia) area (Boggs Rd. and North Metro) are having problems finding enough equipment to move the mail. What has management done? With plants closing […]
Northwest Lawmakers Speak Out Against Consolidations 05/04/2015 – Oregon’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, requesting a meeting, “as soon as possible,” to discuss consolidation plans and the future of mail delivery standards. Mail processing facilities in Bend and Pendleton are slated to close by the end of April, and the […]
USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated 5/1/2015 – – USPS Network Rationalization Consolidation Phase II-2015. List of postal facilities that have changed move date. USPS announced its latest list of last minute “public” changes to the Phase II-2015 USPS Network Rationalization Consolidation list. Only one plant consolidation was postponed today. USPS Network Consolidation
April 29, 2015 Manasota Florida Mail Processing and Distribution Center taken off plant consolidation list (for now) WASHINGTON – Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, today announced that after months of discussion with the U.S. Postal Service, the Manasota Postal Distribution Center (PDC) will remain open at least through the end of the year. “I am thrilled […]
April 20, 2015 At the request of Communities and Postal Workers United, Senator Jeff Merkley (D) organizes entire Oregon delegation to demand PMG meeting about plant closures/consolidations. USPS completed Bend (except DPS letters) and Pendleton CSMPCs consolidation to Portland on April 18, 2015. Eugene P & DF consolidation to Medford and Portland plants were scheduled […]
The U.S. mail is slowing down. In January, the Postal Service eliminated overnight delivery for local first-class letters that used to arrive the next day. Anywhere from 20 percent to half of the rest of the first-class mail sent every day now takes an extra day of delivery time. Service standards have been relaxing since 2012, when the volume […]
April 24, 2015 – USPS has posted its latest last minute list of “public” changes to the Phase II-2015 USPS Network Rationalization Consolidation Schedule. This is the fourth (4th) consecutive week that the Postal Service has made modifications to the Network Rationalization Consolidation list which affects a large group of postal facilities. Approximately 8 facilities […]