(November 14, 2014) TULSA, Oklahoma – Postal workers are protesting to save their jobs and the Tulsa mail center.
The mail center could close in less than a year because of budget cuts and workers said there would be major delays if Congress doesn’t step in.
The Postal Service is trying to save money somewhere, and the Postmaster General decided closing dozens of mail centers is the way to do it.
Postal workers, like Cynthia McNeilance, protested the scheduled closing of the Tulsa Processing and Distribution Center.
“We will lose about 400 jobs. They will be absorbed by Oklahoma City. That takes about $20 million out of the Tulsa economy.”
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For example, if someone in Broken Arrow mails a letter to someone else in Broken Arrow, the letter would go to Tulsa, then to Oklahoma City, then back to Tulsa, and on to Broken Arrow.