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Postal Service Trims List of Targeted Stations
(11/20/09) The USPS announced Nov. 20 that it has reduced the list of stations and branches under consideration for closure to 241 (from 371 in early October) but warned that the new list does not represent a final decision on consolidation. “The APWU will continue to fight the Postal Service’s attempt to reduce service to our customers,” said APWU President William Burrus. “Cutting service is counter-productive and will harm the USPS in the long-run. [read more]
APWU Testimony on Station Closings
Postal
Service Relies on Incomplete Data, Discriminates Against Underserved
Communities
(10/29/09) An analysis of the postal stations and branches under consideration for closure shows that the USPS study process “discriminates against communities with high percentages of low-income, minority and transit-dependent residents,” according to recent testimony submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission by the APWU. In addition, the union asserted, the Postal Service uses incomplete data to support its conclusions. [read more]
APWU Presses Fight to Keep Retail Units Open
(10/26/09) With the number of USPS stations and branches under consideration for closure still in flux, the APWU continues to lead community-based drives to keep retail units open. The Postal Service first announced in May that more than 3,200 stations and branches in Level 24-and-above post offices were being evaluated for possible consolidation or closure. Since then the number has fluctuated dramatically, with the USPS providing varying numbers to the Postal Regulatory Commission, congressional panels and the union. On Sept. 2, the Postal Service announced that it had reduced to 413 the number of stations and branches under consideration for closure. But a USPS News Release reported that the list, which it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), “does not represent a final decision.” [read more]
371 Stations Remain Under Consideration for Closure
Union Vows Fight to Keep Stations Open
(10/09/09) The Postal Service announced Oct. 9 that 371 stations and branches in Level 24-and-above post offices remain under consideration for possible closure, but cautioned that the filing does not represent a final decision on consolidation. “The APWU is committed to fighting the Postal Service’s attempt to reduce service to our customers,” said APWU President William Burrus. “Our members have found significant opposition to these plans virtually everywhere they have been made public. [read more]
USPS
Releases New List
Of Stations Targeted for Closure
Union Develops Action Plan to Oppose Closures
(09/03/09) The Postal Service announced Sept. 2 that it has reduced to 413 the number of stations and branches currently under consideration for closure. Locals are cautioned, however, that the list remains in flux. A USPS News Release reported that the list, which it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), “does not represent a final decision on consolidation.” The Postal Service has provided various lists to the Postal Regulatory Commission, congressional panels and the union with numbers ranging from 3,200 (corrected on Aug. 28 to 3,600) to 677 (corrected on Aug. 28 to 750) to 413. [read more]
Fighting Contract Postal Units;
Protecting Retail Jobs
(08/24/09) The USPS announcement in May that more than 3,200 stations and branches in Level 24-and-above post offices would be evaluated for possible consolidation or closure has sparked great concern across the country. Retail employees are understandably fearful that their jobs will be eliminated, and many union activists are convinced that management plans to replace the stations and branches with Contract Postal Units (CPUs), which are owned and run by non-postal employees. [read more]
Station and Branch Closures
APWU
Spearheads
Community Battles
To Keep Retail Units Open
(08/20/09) APWU members have been pressing the Postal Service for information about stations and branches targeted for closure, and rallying the support of communities, their legislators, and the media about USPS plans to shutter nearly 700 large post offices. In its third official presentation of retail facilities under consideration for consolidation, the Postal Service provided a House subcommittee with a list of 677 stations and branches on July 30, which were selected from more than 3,200 on lists received by the union in May and June. [read more]
USPS Station and Branch Closures
Burrus: ‘Short-Sighted’ Strategy
Will Mean Long-Term Damage
(08/19/09) In a follow-up to recent testimony before a House subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus explored alternatives to station-and-branch closures, which the Postal Service is planning in reaction to a severe financial crisis. “Closing and consolidating post offices based on recession-level volume is short-sighted, and will leave the Postal Service with an infrastructure unable to accommodate the larger volume of mail that will be generated by a more robust economy,” Burrus wrote Aug. 13. [read more]
Station and Branch Closures:
Burrus:
'Acts of Surrender'
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(07/31/09) Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery to five days per week “will unquestionably have a negative effect on the postal monopoly,” APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee at a hearing July 30. Such actions “will impede the Postal Service’s ability to compete” when the economy rebounds, he said. [read more] | [News Bulletin #01-2009]
Changes and Challenges
(07/14/09) If postal management continues to respond to the current economic crisis by cutting service and slashing the workforce, it risks causing the USPS irreparable harm, APWU President William Burrus writes in an Update for union members. The union president says the APWU will vigorously enforce the Collective Bargaining Agreement as the Postal Service implements new cost-cutting measures. Support from the public and elected officials also are crucial to the survival of the USPS, he said. [read more]
Consolidating Stations
(07/01/09) At a meeting at USPS Headquarters on June 23, the Postal Service briefed APWU officers of the Clerk, Maintenance, and Motor Vehicle Crafts about plans to consolidate operations in large stations and branches. Managers also provided the union with an updated list of 3,243 stations and branches in Level-24-and-above installations that are being reviewed. At the briefing, postal officials said that 740 already had been identified as candidates for consolidation and/or closing. [read more]
Consolidation of Large
Post Offices:
APWU
Responds
To USPS Notice on Retail Operations
(06/09/09) In response to a USPS notice that “the Postal Service is considering consolidating operations in our larger stations and branches,” APWU President William Burrus has reminded management that a Memorandum of Understanding included in the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement requires that “all existing retail operations will remain within the installation of which they are a part.” [read more]
