Network Rationalization Phase 2

Nov 9th

USPS National Plan to change Postal Employees work schedules starting in January 2015

Several months ago Postal Reporter contributor Don Cheney reported: The Future of USPS mail delivery: “The First-Class Mail and Standard Mail streams are being combined at the remaining plants. David Williams said their goal is to Delivery Point Sequence as much letter and flat mail to the carriers as possible. Their mission is to reduce […]

Nov 7th

Video: Pocatello, ID mail distribution center to close

November 6, 2014 – POCATELLO, Idaho -Next year, the United State Postal Service mail distribution center in Pocatello will be partially closed down. The processing center on Flandro Drive will no longer be processing mail, but will still be used as a post office, transportation hub and bulk mail entry unit. Pocatello is one of […]

Nov 1st

2015 USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated October 31, 2014

A lot of changes in this update of USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule. Some dates for closing plants have been moved up or back by several months. For example: **date moved back** Madison P&DF – Milwaukee P&DC Wausau P&DF -Green Bay P&DC **date moved up** Kalamazoo P&DC to Grand Rapids P&DC back Lansing P&DC to Grand […]

Oct 10th

Newspaper Subscribers May Be the Unseen Victims in USPS Plant Closings

The U.S. Postal Service should evaluate the impact of slower service to newspaper subscribers before proceeding with 2015 closings of mail processing plants, National Newspaper Association President John Edgecombe Jr., said this week. Edgecombe is the publisher of The Nebraska Signal in Geneva, NE. NNA seconded the concern expressed by the USPS Office of the […]

Oct 8th

OIG: USPS did not complete service standard impacts or inform stakeholders for Phase 2 consolidations

USPS OIG: Lack of Service Standard Change Information in Area Mail Processing Feasibility Studies On June 30, 2014, the postmaster general announced the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to implement Phase 2 of the Network Rationalization Initiatives (NRI) by consolidating up to 82 facilities starting in January 2015. Specifically, the Postal Service completed Area Mail Processing […]

Sep 12th

160 House Members Urge USPS Plant Closure Moratorium

A large body of Members of the House of Representatives — 160 strong — today called upon House appropriations leaders to include in the stopgap funding bill a one-year moratorium on the closure of the 82 mail processing facilities that are slated for consolidation by USPS, beginning January 2015. The 82 plants are located in […]