{"id":2815,"date":"2011-09-15T16:57:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2011-09-15T16:57:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T21:57:54","slug":"apwu-denounces-usps-plans-to-dismantle-mail-processing-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/09\/15\/apwu-denounces-usps-plans-to-dismantle-mail-processing-network\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU Denounces USPS Plans to Dismantle Mail Processing Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/APWU-News3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2816\" title=\"APWU-News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/APWU-News3-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would \u201cdismantle the mail-processing network.\u201d On Sept. 14, the USPS released a list of offices where studies will take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Postal Service should be urging Congress to address the cause of its problems \u2013 not slashing service and demolishing its network,\u201d the union president said.<\/p>\n<p>A 2006 law has pushed the USPS to brink of insolvency by imposing a burden on the Postal Service that no other government agency or company bears. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act requires the Postal Service to pre-fund the healthcare benefits of future retirees. The mandate, which forces the agency to pre-fund a 75-year liability in just 10 years, costs the USPS more than $5.5 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mail processing network is a major asset,\u201d Guffey noted. \u201cDestroying it is misguided and counterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDegrading service is not the answer to the Postal Service\u2019s problems,\u201d he said, noting that extensive closures would force the USPS to reduce delivery standards and delay mail delivery. \u201cThe Postal Service should be looking for ways to strengthen service and increase its relevance in the age of digital communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guffey said he was extremely displeased by the Postal Service\u2019s refusal to provide the union with any advance notice of its plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/webart\/2011\/Consol-USPSNotice110914.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the list of mail processing facilities<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) facing possible closure. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/webart\/2011\/Consol-USPSStandUp-110914.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the Mandatory Stand-Up Talk<\/a> (PDF) on this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would \u201cdismantle the mail-processing network.\u201d On Sept. 14, the USPS released a list of offices where studies will take place. \u201cThe Postal Service should be urging Congress to address the cause of its problems \u2013 not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2818,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions\/2818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}