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Union workers say they are against moving the processing center out of Wheeling to Pittsburgh.
WHEELING -- Wheeling postal workers toughed it out in the rain Thursday as they held an informational picket about a study that could affect how your mail is handled.
The U.S. Postal Service is conducting a study, looking at sending Wheeling's mail to the Pittsburgh Processing center.
All of Wheeling's mail currently is processed in Wheeling by 30 employees.
Union President Don Bentz said the move could cause delays in mail, something he and his co-workers are against.
''Just moving, transporting the mail from Wheeling, processing it up there, bringing it back to Wheeling , that's inefficient ,'' Bentz said. "They can't process what we do in this office, especially on tour. We have machines running eight hours a day. They can't get that mail back on time to be delivered''.
However that's a claim that Postal Service spokesman Tad Kelley called exaggerated.
Bentz said that while none of the Wheeling workers will lose their jobs if this is approved, they will be forced to move up to 500 miles away to continue working.
He's asking residents to write to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., or U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va. to voice their concerns. |
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