Don’t reconnect mailing machines, Postal Service tells plants.
Postal Service headquarters hasn’t stopped some mail-processing plants in Washington state from hooking up their high-speed letter-sorting machines again.
Despite a national order not to reinstall letter-sorting machines that had been dismantled over the past month, the Postal Service plants in Tacoma and Wenatchee have done just that, according to workers there.
“I have seen a lot of machinery that has been taken out,” Postal Service truck driver Bob Bockman of Tacoma said.
The Tacoma plant lost eight of its 18 machines that sort and postmark the mail, according to workers there.
He also said the Postal Service will make “dramatic changes,” aimed at cutting costs and generating revenue, after the November election.
“At least three of the machines have been completely dismantled,” Postal Service electronics technician Matt Olmsted said. »