The United States Postal Service (USPS) is closing several of its contract post offices across several states.
Why It Matters
Numerous independent postal units are closing down after receiving notice from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), according to local reports.
Contract postal units (CPUs) are independent businesses under contract to the USPS to provide postal products and services to the public.
Such contracts can be terminated with 120 days notice from the USPS – but many sites impacted by the decision have warned the closures could negatively impact the local community and their businesses. Some have been operating in their local community for decades.
Newsweek has contacted the USPS for comment and a full list of nationwide closures via email.
What To Know
While confirmation has not been given directly to Newsweek on which sites will be closing down, reports have emerged from local news outlets in Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Washington.
According to the USPS, termination notices have been given “in some cases where nearby post offices that are operated by the Postal Service are capable of serving the community directly,” reads a statement given to Fox 10.
One CPU located in Rankos Stadium Pharmacy in Tacoma, Washington, which is due to close at the end of September, has organized a petition in a bid to stop the closure.
