Dec. 1, 2010
Rahall Statement On Usps Decision To Consolidate Mail Processing Operations In Southern West Virginia
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Washington, DC (HNN) - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) issued the following statement upon receiving notification today from the U.S. Postal Service of its decision to consolidate mail processing operations at the Beckley and Huntington, W.Va. Post Offices with those of the Charleston, W.Va. Processing and Distribution Center:
“Misguided Postal Officials have taken a meat axe to good mail delivery in southern West Virginia. Its two decisions make no economic sense. The USPS is being shortsighted and not using any peripheral vision for the opportunities all around them.”
“Our economy is working toward rebound and I would like to see justification for this decision before it proceeds any further. If we followed their logic, there would be two mail processing centers in the country – Los Angeles and New York. I asked the USPS for a detailed accounting of the math that went into this meat axe approach, and an outline that clearly defines how moving employees through transfers and paying moving and travel expenses, will save any money whatsoever, but I have YET to receive any such reports.”
“I think that West Virginians were paid lip-service by the US Postal Service officials who conducted the public hearings on these proposed changes. I question the decision making process throughout, even the process prior to the comment period.”
“The fact that Mr. Robert Cavinder, District Manager-Appalachian District, US Postal Service, fully supports these changes and has signed off on the consolidation—knowing the Charleston facility will not be losing employees and services—highlights the narrow-mindedness behind this ill-conceived plan, which does not put real faces on the hard-working men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing high quality, timely, mail services throughout southern West Virginia.”
“I want to also note that I had immediately requested the Office of the Inspector General to thoroughly review this plan before implementation. They made a site visit to the Beckley post office last week and despite the fact that the report is not final, USPS officials are moving forward with their ‘chosen’ plan.”
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Rahall Statement On Usps Decision To Consolidate Mail Processing Operations In Southern West Virginia
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Washington, DC (HNN) - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) issued the following statement upon receiving notification today from the U.S. Postal Service of its decision to consolidate mail processing operations at the Beckley and Huntington, W.Va. Post Offices with those of the Charleston, W.Va. Processing and Distribution Center:
“Misguided Postal Officials have taken a meat axe to good mail delivery in southern West Virginia. Its two decisions make no economic sense. The USPS is being shortsighted and not using any peripheral vision for the opportunities all around them.”
“Our economy is working toward rebound and I would like to see justification for this decision before it proceeds any further. If we followed their logic, there would be two mail processing centers in the country – Los Angeles and New York. I asked the USPS for a detailed accounting of the math that went into this meat axe approach, and an outline that clearly defines how moving employees through transfers and paying moving and travel expenses, will save any money whatsoever, but I have YET to receive any such reports.”
“I think that West Virginians were paid lip-service by the US Postal Service officials who conducted the public hearings on these proposed changes. I question the decision making process throughout, even the process prior to the comment period.”
“The fact that Mr. Robert Cavinder, District Manager-Appalachian District, US Postal Service, fully supports these changes and has signed off on the consolidation—knowing the Charleston facility will not be losing employees and services—highlights the narrow-mindedness behind this ill-conceived plan, which does not put real faces on the hard-working men and women who have dedicated their lives to providing high quality, timely, mail services throughout southern West Virginia.”
“I want to also note that I had immediately requested the Office of the Inspector General to thoroughly review this plan before implementation. They made a site visit to the Beckley post office last week and despite the fact that the report is not final, USPS officials are moving forward with their ‘chosen’ plan.”
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