More drama from Rockford
According to the local TV station, the city of Rockford Illinois must be sitting on the edge of its collective seat this morning. WIFR reports that the “fate” of the Rockford processing plant will be announced today. That may or may not be the case, but the story at least provided a local politician with another opportunity to milk the alleged controversy. Congressman Don Manzullo is quoted as saying: “When you start off with the premise that Rockford has probably the finest cancellation service in the country, you can only come to one conclusion…that it should stay open”.
“The finest cancellation service in the country”? What does that even mean? No smudges?
Postal Service Announcement to Come Monday
Update: It’s official!
The finely crafted Rockford cancellation lives! Good for the employees! Having been through a number of boneheaded, arbitrary reorganizations myself, I can sympathize with the workers who would have ended up moving to other jobs and locations.
I can’t help thinking that management missed the boat on this one, though. Its clumsy PR efforts allowed the APWU and local politicians to set the agenda and monopolize the discussion. Maybe the Rockford move made sense, and maybe it didn’t- we’ll never know now. It certainly doesn’t bode well for the future of the USPS’s network redesign plans.