ROANOKE, Va. – About two weeks ago, union leaders found out the Postal Service decided to downgrade three mail sorters and send them to other cities.
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The postal service says the three other cities handle more mail and need the sorters more than they do in Roanoke.

Union leaders here say this will guarantee the demise of the Roanoke plant on Rutherford Avenue.

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