USPS Office of Inspector General Audit: Area Mail Processing Consolidations In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service announced the Network Rationalization Initiatives (NRI), which involved potentially consolidating or closing 252 of 487 mail processing facilities. During 2012 and 2013, the Postal Service consolidated 141 mail processing facilities during Phase 1 of the NRI. The projected annual […]
USPS Pacific Area notified APWU that it has canceled Involuntary Reassignments (excessing) in the Bay Valley and San Diego Districts. USPS North Eastern Area also notified APWU of the moratorium on Area Mail Processing (AMP) consolidations for 5 events in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. On Friday, May 22, 2015 USPS posted major changes to the […]
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union has initiated a Step 4 grievance concerning violations arising from the Postal Service’s plans to close or consolidate approximately 82 facilities starting in January 2015. In particular, the NPMHU believes that the Postal Service’s decision to close or consolidate these facilities is a violation of USPS Handbook PO-408, Area […]
The U.S. Postal Service continues to aggressively cut costs. Its efforts include consolidating the mail processing network to align it with reduced mail volume and a smaller workforce. This report responds to a request from Congressman James Gerlach of Pennsylvania’s Sixth Congressional District regarding redistribution of processing functions of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing and Distribution […]
USPS has announced the Beaumont,TX mail-processing center will close and its operations consolidated into North Houston (TX) Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). Retail operations in the Beaumont mail facility will temporarily remain open after the processing functions relocate to North Houston. The total distance between facilities is 87.5 miles.
EASTON, MD – The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Easton Processing and Distribution Facility into the Baltimore Processing and Distribution Center. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 15 at 6:00 p.m. at Easton High School in the Auditorium, […]