U.S. Postal Service will delay Missoula operations consolidation plans
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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced on Monday that the Postal Service will pause a plan to consolidate facilities across the country, including a plan to move the Missoula Processing and Delivery Center operations to Spokane.
In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate, DeJoy said the consolidation of processing facility operations would be paused until at least January of 2025.
The move comes in the wake of fierce opposition to the plan from many U.S. Senators, including both Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Steve Daines.
Earlier this month, the Postal Service announced it had decided to move all of the outgoing mail processing functions from the Missoula Processing and Delivery Center to Spokane. That would have meant that lots of pieces of mail sent from Missoula and bound for Missoula would have had to travel 400 miles round-trip to Spokane and back for delivery. The Postal Service had defended the decision, saying it would save millions of dollars every year.
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The local union representing U.S. Postal Service workers had been strongly opposed to the move, saying it would delay mail and lead to the elimination of non-career jobs.
Tester hailed Monday’s announcement