The USPS announced in 2011 that according to a study, it concluded that the Florence office would be a good case for consolidation and would save almost $4 million in annual savings.
The USPS took a step toward closure in February 2013 and moved originating mail processing operations to Columbia. The move impacted approximately 90 employees, mostly night workers. There were no layoffs due to a national negotiated collective bargaining agreement.
Florence attorney Steve Wukela Jr. is one of the residents that is against the consolidation. His law firm relies heavily on the mail. In a recent interview with the Morning News, he was asked if the mail system has gotten any better since processing was moved to Columbia.
“It sure hasn’t improved,” Wukela said. “If their goal was to make it more efficient, no, it hasn’t been. If the goal was to correct some of the problems internally, they haven’t done that either. I don’t know how it could have gotten worse.”
Wukela said there was a time several years ago when he could go pick up his business mail at 8:30 a.m., sift through it and open the doors at 9 a.m.. Now he has to wait until 10:30 a.m. to get his mail. On one occasion, it took a payment for a client from an insurance adjuster 17 days to get to Florence from Myrtle Beach. That same day he said he received 81 pieces of mail that had been postmarked over a two-week period.
Consolidation of Florence’s USPS center moves along despite opposition
Can you say, I told you so??? Say it again!!!
Go ahead and offer buyout for all these people that will be affected by these consolidations, open some positions.
If they don’t like their service now just wait until phase 2 of consolidations!
USPS business model: raise prices, decrease service, drive more customers away=increased revenues?
What a shame! Stories like this are all too common and will only get worse because of PMG Donahoe’s reckless, ill-advised plan to close and consolidate processing centers and slash service. Congress needs to wake up and do something already!
Of course it does.
USPS mgmt/eas cares for it’s customers, even less then it does for it’s employees.