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By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 04:40 p.m. EST, Jan 14, 2009
The U.S. Postal Service is moving its first-class mail-sorting operation out of Canton to save money.
Effective April 1, the sorting work will be done in Akron, the postal service said Wednesday.
Postal officials have been studying the consolidation for a few years.
Customers will not see any difference in service, said Victor Dubina, a Cleveland-based postal service spokesman.
''Nothing changes,'' he said. ''Your collection pickup times do not change. Retail services don't change. How businesses handle their mail doesn't change. And it doesn't change when people get their mail.''
About 20 workers are affected by the decision, he said. They will be offered other positions.
The consolidation will save about $2.2 million and allow the federal agency to expand overnight deliveries in Canton and Akron because the mail sorting will be done in one location, Dubina said.
The volume of first-class mail has fallen by 14 billion pieces since 1998 and the postal service must adapt and become more efficient as it competes with e-mail and people paying bills online, he said.
But Tim Manning, branch president of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union in Canton, disputed Dubina's conclusions. He said that collection times would have to be earlier and he questioned the savings, saying there will be increased transportation costs.
He said the Akron facility has been rated lower and has had more problems with delays than the Canton operation.
The move also is being made because the postal service bought new machinery for Akron and doesn't have enough mail to sort there, Manning said.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.
The U.S. Postal Service is moving its first-class mail-sorting operation out of Canton to save money.
Effective April 1, the sorting work will be done in Akron, the postal service said Wednesday.
Postal officials have been studying the consolidation for a few years.
Customers will not see any difference in service, said Victor Dubina, a Cleveland-based postal service spokesman.
''Nothing changes,'' he said. ''Your collection pickup times do not change. Retail services don't change. How businesses handle their mail doesn't change. And it doesn't change when people get their mail.''
About 20 workers are affected by the decision, he said. They will be offered other positions.
The consolidation will save about $2.2 million and allow the federal agency to expand overnight deliveries in Canton and Akron because the mail sorting will be done in one location, Dubina said.
The volume of first-class mail has fallen by 14 billion pieces since 1998 and the postal service must adapt and become more efficient as it competes with e-mail and people paying bills online, he said.
But Tim Manning, branch president of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union in Canton, disputed Dubina's conclusions. He said that collection times would have to be earlier and he questioned the savings, saying there will be increased transportation costs.
He said the Akron facility has been rated lower and has had more problems with delays than the Canton operation.
The move also is being made because the postal service bought new machinery for Akron and doesn't have enough mail to sort there, Manning said.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Akron, OH
Posted 05:08 PM, 01/14/2009
The union rep complained, and offered a counter argument.
That is a new one.
NOT!
P.S. Go Cavs!
Akron, OH
Posted 05:48 PM, 01/14/2009
hope no one loses it and goes POSTAL... No one wants to lose their job.
Akron, OH
Posted 06:27 PM, 01/14/2009
"About 20 workers are affected by the decision, he said. They will be offered other positions."
