Closing of Mail Processing Plants May Leave Too Few Inclement Weather/ Natural Disaster Alternative Routes and Processing Facilities
As the Postal Service continues to close mail processing facilities, some find that when bad weather hits, there are no alternatives remaining to get timely delivery of mail. Across the nation, some are complaining that for the first time in history they do not get their mail when it snows. At what point will our elected officials stop the destruction of America's Postal Service Mail Processing Infrastructure. We can only hope it will be before another 82 mail processing facilities close this year. Source: The Postal News Network
Mail delays detrimental, Tucson business leaders say
"...Tucson business leaders said they are experiencing significant delays in mail delivery since the U.S. Postal Service changed its service standards Jan. 5. ..." Source: tucson.com
How the new service standards may slow down much more mail than the Postal Service is saying
"...on January 1, 2015, the Postal Service began implementing phase two of Network Rationalization. Service standards for First Class Mail were relaxed yet further — no more overnight delivery for any single-piece mail, and an extra day of delivery time for about half of all First Class Mail. The change paves the way for closing 82 more processing plants and eliminating thousands of jobs. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
Blunt, McCaskill push Postal Service to delay closure of local mail center
"... "If the USPS postpones the closures for a few months and we can get moving on postal reform early (in the) next Congress, we may be able to get the USPS to further postpone the closures until there is some legislative clarity," he said...." Source: www.news-leader.com
"... Send a message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. His job is to preserve the USPS for the American public; not help beleaguered members of Congress dismantle it. Plans to move delivery to centralized locations and eliminate collection boxes to reduce the service, which is pivotal to the success of the USPS. It is the USPS’s ability to bring mail to patrons’ door that is the signature of our bond with the American public...." Source: www.rutlandherald.com
Postal Service forges ahead on job cuts, plant closures
"... the service wants authorization to further reduce its workforce. The agency has already shrunk by about 320,000 employees since fiscal 2000, but Donahoe has said legislation would allow the Postal Service to move from 485,000 career employees to 400,000 over the next few years...." Source: www.federaltimes.com
USPS aims to close facilities in Duluth, St. Cloud, Mankato, Bemidji
"...U.S. Sen. Al Franken, who stepped in last time to help Duluth's center earn its reprieve, weighed in again Tuesday.
"If these processing centers are closed, a letter sent from Duluth to Hibbing would travel all the way to the Twin Cities, and then back up to Hibbing," Franken said. "That doesn't make any sense. This will hurt rural Minnesotans, drive customers away from the Postal Service and undercut financial savings. I'll be urging the Postmaster General to reconsider these closures." ..." Source: www.twincities.com
"... The U.S. Postal Service this week filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission that it intended to reduce rates on Priority Mail for businesses and other customers using Commercial Plus and Commercial Base online shipping services. ..." Source: www.dmnews.com
Rationalization of our Network of Mail Processing Facilities…and a Deconstruction
"... The Postal Service will provide detailed information about its network rationalization planning in the coming weeks.
One of two things could be in play here…They don’t know and don’t actually have a plan, or it’s a big secret. Or they will blame the unions or that old favorite standby scapegoat SOX.
The Postal Service expects the completion of this phase of network rationalization will generate an additional $750 million in annual savings. Unfortunately USPS estimates are always overstated, with service implications understated...." Source: postalaffairsblog.intelisent.com
We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the Postal Service
"...The plant consolidations have resulted in delayed mail, late delivery, and countless other service problems. Under POStPlan, service has declined due to reducing hours at post offices and replacing experienced postmasters with poorly trained and underpaid personnel. The shift from door and curb delivery to cluster boxes has confused and angered thousands of customers. When customers try calling to complain, they can’t even get hold of their local post office. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
The Real Reason Postal Workers Don’t Trust Paul Ryan
"...“Considering Ryan’s privatization zeal and his wife’s UPS lobbyist connection,” Brinkley wrote, “it’s clear he will not act in a way that’s in the best interest of the Postal Service.” That sums up the way worried postal workers still feel today. ..." Source: www.businessweek.com
NHP post office starts to sort out delivery problems
"... “It’s not the mailman. It’s the management,” he said last week. “The management all should be canned.”
In late February, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) said his office had alerted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about the problem and was steering complaints about sporadic mail delivery to her office...." Source: www.theislandnow.com
Residents Say No Mail Delivered for 7 Days; Carriers Blame Shorter Hours
"...Local mail carriers told the TV station that management recently began ordering them to clock-out by 6 p.m., which has forced many carriers to leave work with piles of mail undelivered. ..." Source: patch.com
"... The U.S. Postal Service's earlier first-class mail pickup time went unnoticed for some, but those who say they were charged late fees on bill payments and had utilities shut off because of a late notice may have a different opinion. ..." Source: www.semissourian.com
Senators Introduce Postal Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support
"...The reform act would allow the Postal Service to not offer new employees access to the Federal Employees Retirement System or contribute to their Thrift Savings Plan account. It would also give USPS authority to, in consultation with postal unions, create an independent health care benefits system ..." Source: www.govexec.com
"... Why would the USPS take such radical measures? The simple truth is that the postal service is a fundamentally sound business, though not without its challenges. If you look closely, you'll see a concerted campaign to drive USPS out of business, despite the fact that it operates without government subsidies and, potentially, at a profit. It's being subjected to a politically manufactured crisis in order to ram through drastic change. But without the USPS, citizens will face much higher costs without better service...." Source: www.fool.com
Issa releases long-awaited postal reform legislation
"... In addition to a free hardship exemption, authorizes the Postal Service to create a program whereby mail reci
pients whose delivery would otherwise be converted to curbside or clusterbox could maintain door delivery for
a small annual fee...." Source: www.federalnewsradio.com
Rep. DeLauro to Introduce ‘Protect Overnight Delivery Act’
"... “The elimination of overnight delivery standards and consolidating processing facilities will have a disastrous impact on local and national unemployment,” Rep. DeLauro wrote. “The USPS is a major employer around the country and employs over 500,000 workers. With an unacceptably high unemployment rate, it would be particularly inopportune for the USPS to close these facilities...." Source: www.apwu.org
"... Starting in August, the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays. First-class mail includes bills, catalogs, letters, cards and other general correspondence...." Source: usa.gov
"... this appears as if some in Congress are actually trying to destroy the postal service. Heaven help us if they succeed and we try to use one of the other carriers to get a letter to someone in rural..." Source: www.timescall.com
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