Postal Workers Union Slams DeJoy Plan to Close Mail Processing Facilities
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on February 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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The 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union reacted with outrage Tuesday to news that USPS management is moving ahead with a plan to consolidate 18 mail processing facilities as part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoyâs sweeping overhaul of delivery operations.
Mark Dimondstein, the president of APWU, said in a statement that the union has âmade crystal clear to postal management that any further plant consolidations are a misguided strategy that not only disrupts the lives of postal workers but will further delay mail.â
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Postal management promises consolidations for this initiative will not lead to any layoffs.
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The U.S. Postal Service will consolidate 18 of its mail processing plants, coupling that announcement on Tuesday with plans to procure 45 new “annex” facilities that will boost the agency’s package delivery capacity.
The move highlights USPS’ shift from traditional mail delivery to packages, a trend ongoing for years and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also reignite a fight postal management has avoided since 2015, when it paused its efforts to close and consolidate large numbers of processing plants.
The Postal Service vowed to not lay off any employees as a result of the consolidations announced Tuesday, which will be completed by November. USPS said it will follow its labor contracts for impacted employees. The agency is currently in the midst of offering voluntary early retirement to much of its eli