Please note: We received the following information from a credible source – we cannot confirm nor deny this report at this time.
USPS is eliminating seven (7) districts as follows:
1) Big Sky is going to the Dakotas District.
2) Southeast New England is going to Greater Boston and Connecticut Valley.
3) South Georgia is going to North Florida, except for the 321 zip code which is going to the Sun Coast District.
4) Southeast Michigan is going to the Detroit District.
5) Northern Illinois is going to be divided into three (3) districts:
- Lakeland – Part of Lakeland is going to Greater Michigan
- Central Illinois
- Gateway
6) Albuquerque is going to the Arizona District.
7) Columbus is going to the Cincinnati District, except a couple of zip codes which are going to Northern, OH.
Area positions (originally 1,123) are being reduced by 27.3% which equates to a job loss of 306 positions leaving a total of 817 area positions.
District positions (originally 5,791) are being reduced by 24.92% which equates to a reduction of 1,443 jobs, leaving a total of 4,348 district positions.
That is a total of 1,749 jobs down from the previous 6,914; the new job total being 5,165.