The APWU filed an amended complaint [PDF] with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Dec.13, alleging that the USPS is failing to comply with service standards on first-class mail and periodicals. The APWU alleges that significant delays in mail delivery are being caused by the closure of processing facilities around the country. The amended complaint […]
The closing of the downtown post office has been delayed until after the holidays, “pending review,” according to U.S. Postal representatives and an order from the Postal Regulatory Commission dated Nov. 18. The order, written by Acting Secretary Ruth Abrams, claims that “justification for the closing (by the Postal Service) is unconfirmed.” Postal Service officials […]
PASCO, Wash. — Recent cutbacks and changes at our local Post Offices mean it’s taking longer for your mail to get to your home — and also out of town. An influx of Christmas cards and packages will only add a new burden. KEPR talked with the President from the local Postal Workers Union and […]
Take The Bullard Banner News in Texas. After the nearest USPS plant closed in June, the weekly paper’s route to local mailboxes now detours through a plant 120 miles away. One subscriber reported getting no paper for weeks—then three in a day. “I can’t begin to count how many have said ‘if you can’t fix […]
The driving distance from Durango, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico is 215 miles Starting Sept. 28, the mail Durango (Colorado) residents drop in collection boxes or at the Post Office will be taken to Albuquerque for processing, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said. Also, mail addressed to Durango residents will be sorted in Albuquerque and […]
APWU Files Charges With Postal Regulatory Commission The APWU filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Sept. 5 charging that the USPS is failing to comply with its own service standards and is depriving individuals, small businesses and organizations of the service they are entitled to by law.
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.
To keep up with the changing times, many post offices have had to close down or consolidate jobs. Right here in Amarillo,the postal service is thinking of doing just that. Recent discussion has the United States Postal Service thinking about moving some jobs from Amarillo to Lubbock in order to save some money. via: Possible […]
That’s the complaint in and around this northcentral Pennsylvania community since its mail processing facility closed and work shifted to a Harrisburg-area facility. The consolidation is part of a national cost-saving effort being carried out by the U.S. Postal Service, which has experienced a 25 percent decline in first-class mail volume since 2006. Williamsport-area residents […]
BUTTE — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester sent the U.S. Postmaster General a critical letter this week berating the Postal Service’s recent decision to move Butte’s mail processing operations from Great Falls to Billings. Tester also urged the Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to postpone the move until it can better inform and get input from the Butte […]