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Clarice Torrence, president of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU, AFLCIO, is part of a grassroots move by the newly formed Bronx Coalition to Save Our Post Offices to protect large U.S. Postal Service mail processing centers in the Bronx from being closed.
"The U.S. Postal Service has notified the union that it is conducting a study to consolidate the Bronx GPO, the Bronx HASP, and the DMU into the Manhattan Post Office," Torrence said. Union leaders insist that in the past similar studies have generally ended with the closing of area postal facilities. Consequently, Torrence said, "We're preparing for a battle."
The union insists the threat in the Bronx is part of a national plan by the postal service to close mail processing plants, and the closure of mail processing stations in the Bronx will disrupt mail service for Bronx residents and businesses, cause local merchants to go out of business and displace over 2000 postal workers.