September 20, 2014
FLORENCE, S.C. – People of different walks of life, bonded by one issue gathered in front of post office in Florence Saturday morning to protest the departure of the postal service’s processing facility.
“It’s a variety of trying to help save jobs and service, good service and social responsibility. It’s all in the same category,” said Jahad Allen, who was there with his mother from Columbia.
As the United States Postal Service moves towards relocating its processing operations from its Florence location, down I-20 to Columbia, many look to stand in the way of that.
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“Having to move to Columbia and work and try to commute back to Florence would just not be reasonable…that’s just too far,” mentioned Nate Walker, State President for the American Postal Workers Union.
Three years ago, the USPS made the decision to make the move after studies showed that their postal service, relying solely on sales, experienced a 25 percent decline in first class mail volume over a 5 year period.
“If you mail a letter over here tomorrow it’s delivered across town. Come January, you may be able to walk from over here to across town before your letter reaches the destination over there,” explained Walker.
congress should be ashamed
Wow, that huge protest brings me back to the 60’s and all those Nam protests. This will shake things up at L’Enfant plaza. Instead of making them drive to the new processing plant, they should make them all walk there. From the looks of it they could all use the exercise.