NBC29Postal Workers Protest Shutdown
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Postal workers are protesting plans to shut down the mail sorting center that serves all of central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
More than 60 union members from across the Commonwealth picketed in front of Charlottesville’s main post office on Route 29. They say consolidation plans that would close the processing center on Airport Road would slow down local service, because all mail would go through Richmond.
The U.S. Postal Service says it will transfer most of the workers, but 68 jobs would be lost.
James Brooks, president of the Charlottesville area local American Postal Workers Union, says “We work hard. We work through lunches and breaks to get the mail done. We want them to know that we care about their business. We want to keep our jobs here, so we can stay customers in the community.”
The U.S. Postal Service says consolidation would save more than 10 million dollars.
A town hall meeting will be held November 18th at 7 p.m. at Charlottesville High School.
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