By Gary Pitts
Paducah, KY – Paducah mail processing workers put on an informational picket today in front of the downtown post office. Processing facility spokesman Gerl McKinney says they are trying to make the public aware of a proposed plan that would merge the Paducah location with one in Evansville, Indiana. He says such a move would slow regional mail service considerably. Also, he says it would likely put some of the employees at the facility out of work.
"The postal service is supposed to find a place for everybody to move to. The problem though is that Paducah, Kentucky, Carbondale, Centralia, and Terahoe, Indiana are all supposed to be moved into the Evansville facility. If that happens, people from all of those offices are going to be wanting to go to Evansville, and Evansville is not going to have enough positions for them."
McKinney says while plans are not yet final, USPS is taking steps to make such a move feasible. USPS reports estimate the move could save around $2.4 million dollars. McKinney says his group will hold another informational picket on December 13th preempting an informational public forum at Paducah Tiglhman High School.