The United States Postal Service proposes to move mail processing in Tulsa move to Oklahoma City. Oklahoma’s two U.S. Senators and three members of Congress are raising concerns about the possible move.
In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the group were concerned about losing employees and making sure service is maintained for Tulsa area residents.
“We commend USPS for holding a public meeting on March 7, 2024 at Tulsa’s Hardesty Library to receive community input and to discuss the Delivering for America Ten-Year Plan, including the status of its Mail Processing Center Review of the Tulsa P&DC. As part of the presentation, USPS officials stated that there will be no career employee layoffs, and the Tulsa P&DC will not be closed. Rather, the Tulsa facility will be repositioned as a Local Processing Center and modernized to improve sorting and delivery. However, at this meeting, it was also indicated that 21 craft career positions and 5 management career positions may be reassigned, which caused concern and uncertainty among USPS employees in Tulsa.”
“We are writing to confirm the facts about the Delivering for America Ten-Year Plan and to learn more about USPS communications to help reduce confusion and ensure that USPS provides timely and accurate information to its employees, customers, and Congress,” the Members wrote.
Those signing onto the letter are U.S. Senator James Lankford, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, Congressman Frank Lucas, Congressman Tom Cole, and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice.
