Postal Service Processing Plant Closures in Jeopardy

Don’t look now, but a key piece of the U.S. Postal Service’s downsizing drive this year is at risk of getting smoked before it even gets started. It’s the piece that involves closing or consolidating 48 mail processing plants in July and August.

As part of that effort, the Postal Service is seeking a legally required advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission on a related proposal to revamp first-class mail delivery standards.

In a 29-page complaint filed last week, the (American Postal Workers) union called on the PRC to bar the Postal Service from proceeding until the opinion comes out.