Twin Falls Council to hear union's concerns today about post office plan, job losses

June 06, 2011 6:30 am  • 

The postal worker’s union will give a presentation to the Twin Falls City Council today about a proposal to consolidate the Twin Falls postal processing center with the one in Boise.

A study by the U.S. Postal Service supports consolidation from a financial perspective: It estimated savings of $623,000 with no major changes to local service. But in a message to the city, a union representative estimated 20 to 30 jobs will be lost from the area and consolidation would “have a major impact on the city, the county and postal customers in the Wood River Valley, Magic Valley and the Mini-Cassia area.”

“This will affect many local businesses not just the postal employees and their families,” Donna Meyer, of American Postal Workers Union Local 179, wrote.

The USPS will host a public meeting on the study’s findings at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the College of Southern Idaho’s Fine Arts Theatre.

Also on the council’s agenda:

• Modifying the Senior Citizen Center’s lease with the city to allow the center to host events. The city does not directly support the center, and making the change will allow the center to earn more funds “to continue to offer low-cost services” to customers, according to a city staff report.

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