USPS Downsizing Won’t Affect Local Offices

An article published in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week reported that 2,000 post offices may close, but a USPS spokesman said the situation is not that dire. “The Wall Street Journal didn’t get their vocabulary right,” said Joseph Breckenridge of the USPS. “What they should have said was 2,000 stations and branches.”

He said the difference in a post office and a branch or station is size and retail capability.

Breckenridge said some branches and stations in Alabama would instead undergo Delivery Unit Optimization, a process that will consolidate back room operations and save money.