{"id":10189,"date":"2015-02-27T09:22:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=10189"},"modified":"2015-02-27T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:22:40","slug":"video-usps-notifies-roanoke-distribution-center-employees-of-plans-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/02\/27\/video-usps-notifies-roanoke-distribution-center-employees-of-plans-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: USPS notifies Roanoke Distribution Center employees of plans to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROANOKE, Va. &#8211;\u00a0 American Postal Workers Union President Carlton Cooper has had April 18th circled on his calendar for a while. Back in August, he told WDBJ7 that was the date the USPS had planned to consolidate its mail distribution facilities into Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The hope all along was that Congress would intervene before then to reduce some of the financial burdens the Postal Service faces.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton Cooper says that intervention never happened. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/news\/local\/union-president-usps-notifies-roanoke-distribution-center-employees-of-plans-to-close\/31497170\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/557781\/sp\/55778100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/16680472\/partner_id\/557781\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><object id=\"kaltura_player_1425046505\" data=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_2nsxgprj\/uiconf_id\/16680472\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" name=\"kaltura_player_1425046505\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_2nsxgprj\/uiconf_id\/16680472\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\">video platform<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_management\">video management<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/solutions\/video_solution\">video solutions<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_publishing\">video player<\/a><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/roanoke-closing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10190\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/roanoke-closing-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"roanoke closing\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/roanoke-closing-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/roanoke-closing.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROANOKE, Va. &#8211;\u00a0 American Postal Workers Union President Carlton Cooper has had April 18th circled on his calendar for a while. Back in August, he told WDBJ7 that was the date the USPS had planned to consolidate its mail distribution facilities into Greensboro, North Carolina. 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