Postal Service to Eliminate 1,000 Posts : Pasadena, Redding, Marysville Sectional Centers to Close

The Postal Service said today it is eliminating 1,000 managerial and administrative positions at 39 facilities nationwide in a consolidation move.

The agency said the cuts will have no effect on mail service.

The consolidation, which will take effect Sept. 23, is expected to save $30 million to $35 million a year, the Postal Service said.

Jobs will be eliminated through early retirements and other forms of attrition, postal officials said.

Employees affected by the mergers will be reassigned within commuting distance of their present jobs when possible or they will be relocated, the Postal Service said.

No Loss of Jobs

“No processing centers will be shut down, and no one will lose employment,” Deputy Postmaster Michael S. Coughlin said. “The consolidation centralizes decision-making and saves money.”

The moves continue a reorganization that began in March, 1986. Since then the Postal Service has established 75 field divisions and eliminated 42 district offices and cut the number of management sectional centers from 212 to 131.

After the newest round, there will be 73 field divisions and 94 sectional centers. Facilities that house the management centers and field divisions will continue their mail-handling operations, the service said.

Under the consolidation, the Brooklyn field division in New York will become part of the Queens division, and the St. Paul division will become part of the Minneapolis division.

Centers That Will Go

The management sectional centers to be eliminated are:

Western Region: Pasadena, Redding and Marysville, Calif.; Pocatello, Ida.; Salem, Ore.; Fairbanks, Alaska, and Flagstaff, Ariz.

Central Region: Carbondale and Champaign, Ill.; Sioux City, Iowa; Lafayette and South Bend, Ind.; Eau Claire and Oshkosh, Wis.; Lincoln, Neb., and Saginaw, Flint and Kalamazoo, Mich.

Southern Region: Alexandria, La.; Huntsville, Ala.; Jonesboro, Ark.; Tupelo, Miss.; Waco, Tex., and Chattanooga, Tenn.

Eastern Region: Ashland, Corbin and Bowling Green, Ky.; Charlottesville, Va.; Bluefield, W.Va., and Zanesville, Ohio.

Northeast Region: Binghamton and Utica, N.Y.; Red Bank and Summit, N.J.; Portsmouth, N.H.; Burlington, Vt., and Bangor, Me.