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Why are sorting maching being pulled from Buffalo's main post office?

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Why are sorting maching being pulled  from Buffalo's main post office?
Why are sorting maching being pulled from Buffalo's main post office?
Why are sorting maching being pulled from Buffalo's main post office?

POSTAL PROBLEMS --PILING UP IN WESTERNNEW YORK.FIVE HIGH SPEED MAILSORTING MACHINES ATTHIS MAJOR POSTOFFICE IN BUFFALO --ARE NOW GONE.BUT WHY WERE THEYPULLED?AND HOW WILL YOURDELIVERIES BEIMPACTED?TONIGHT -- 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ED REILLYSIFTS THROUGH WHATLED UP TO THISHAPPENING --AND WHAT'S BEINGDONE ABOUT IT.FIRST OF ALL, WE WANTTHOSE MACHINE PUTBACK.

AND NUMBERTWO, WE WANT ANEXPLANATION OF WHATTHE HELL IS GOING ONDEMOCRATICCONGRESSMAN BRIANHIGGINS IS NOT HAPPYAFTER SEEING ANINTERNAL MEMO FROMTHE U.S. POSTALSERVICE SHOWING 671PROCESSINGMACHINGS ARE BEINGPULLED FROM POSTOFFICES NATIONWIDE ..

INCLUDING FIVEFROM THE MAIN POSTOFFICE IN BUFFALO.THERE IS A DELIBERATEATTEMPT TO SABOTAGETHE UNITED STATES'POSTAL SERVICES INADVANCE OF ANELECTIONHIGGINS WORRIES ITIS A PLOY BYPOSTMASTERGENERAL LOUISDEJOY - A TRUMPSUPPORTER ANDAPPOINTEE - TO MAKEIT HARD FOR STATESTO CONDUCT MAIL-INVOTING DURING THENOVEMBERPRESIDENTIALELECTION.A LOT OF SENIORS AREREACHING OUT TO US.THEY ARE DEPENDENTUPON THE POSTALSERVICE FOR THEIRMEDICATION.REACTING TO A RISINGNUMBER OFCOMPLAINTS ABOUTMAIL SERVICE .

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.REPUBLICANCONGRESSMAN TOMREED ALSO WANTSANSWERS.WHAT ARE YOU DOINGTHAT?

WE WANT MOREEFFECTIVE DELIVERYAND NOT LESSMEMBERS OF THEAMERICAN POSTALWORKERS UNIONWORKING INSIDE THEBUFFALO PROCESSINGPLANT .

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TOLD UNIONPRESIDENT FRANKRESETARITS THAT 5 OFTHE 20 THE FIVEHIGH-SPEED"DELIVERY BAR CODESORTERS" HAVE BEENDISMANTLED.THAT IN CONJUNCTIONWITH STRICT LIMITSON OVERTIME .

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.MEANS DELIVERYTRUCKS ARE OFTENGOING OUT LEAVINGPILES OF UNSORTEDMAIL BEHIND.TRUCKS LEAVEWHETHER THE MAIL ISREADY OR NOT.

WEARE EXPERIENCINGSERVICE DELAYSMAIL VOLUMECONTINUES TODECLINE AND THEPOSTAL SERVICE ISRUNNING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLARDEFICIT.WORKERS SAYPOSTMASTER DEJOYIS NOW TRYING TORUN IT LIKE ABUSINESS AND NOT ASERVICE.HAVING TO TELL AGRANDPARENT THAT IDON'T KNOW WHERETHEIR GRANDCHILD'SGIFT IS, OR I DON'TKNOW WHERE THEREMEDICATION IS, ORWHERE THERESTIMULUS CHECK IS, ISVERY DISHEARTENING.RESPONDING TO THECOMPLAINTS .

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THEPOSTAL SERVICE SAIDIT ROUTINELY MOVESEQUIPMENT AND ISADAPTING ITSINFRASTRUCTURE TO"ENSURE MOREEFFICIENT, COSTEFFECTIVEOPERATIONS ANDBETTER SERVICE FOROUR CUSTOMERS"BOTH REPRESENTATIVEHIGGINS AND REED,ALONG WITH MANYOTHER MEMBERS OFCONGRESS, HAVE NOWSENT LETTERS TO THEPOSTMASTER GENERALDEMANDING ANSWERS.IN BUFFALO, ED REILLY7 EWN

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