(Updated) Postal Unions to Protest Cascade, West End Post Office Closings Today

The American Postal Workers Union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association plan a nationwide demonstration today to protest the proposed closing of as many as 3,653 post offices across the country.

Two southwest Atlanta post offices are on a possible closure list released this summer by the U.S. Postal Service:  The branch at 2414 Herring Rd., in Cascade Heights, and the one at 848 Oglethorpe Ave., in the West End. For a full list of the post offices on the list, see this news release posted on the Postal Service website.

According to a news bulletin from the American Postal Workers Union, postal workers will rally in every congressional district in the country Tuesday to build support for H.R. 1351, a bill introduced in the House by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA).

“With the USPS’s dire financial situation making headlines, and a battle raging in Congress over what to do about it, postal workers must take action now,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey. “I urge APWU members to work with our brothers and sisters in the other postal unions to organize the rallies. We must let every U.S. representative know that we need their support.”