Postal Employees Protest Closure Of Local Offices
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The American Postal Workers Union held a protest because of cost-cutting measures being implemented by the US Postal Service. Union leaders say the workers are angry about the plans to close the Busch, Linden and Olde Town Post Offices. They also say the postal service is breaking their contract by moving forward with the plan to privatize dozens of jobs in Columbus.
Victor Dubina, a spokesperson for the postal service tells NBC 4, “no one loses a job with the postal service, and in this particular position, if they get moved to a lower level position, they still maintain their salary, they still keep a job.” On the other side of the debate, Mike Schmid, President of Columbus American Postal Workers Union says, “they’re demoting our veteran drivers, they’re privatizing 54 truck driving jobs and in the process they’re trampling on our veterans rights.” The move is scheduled to save $4.3 million.
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I don’t know what the answer is…but how does a huge organization cut 4 million without people losing their jobs? I don’t understand about the privitizing the truck driving jobs. Why couldn’t something be worked out so the current drivers can keep working? I don’t believe the comments when we are told things are getting better, that the worst is over - somebody is not quite telling the truth, because down here at the bottom, I don’t think it has completely hit and it is going to get much much worse for millions more.
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