WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Workers at Vermont’s largest postal sorting center have learned that the plant is definitely closing.
A regional manager for the U.S. Postal Service read a statement and played a video address from Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to workers at the White River Junction plant on Wednesday.
William Creamer Jr., president of Local 301 of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, said workers were upset by the announcement, but also thought it might be coming.
The plant employs 245 people.
It’s part of a national plan to close processing plants affecting more than 100,000 jobs.
The Postal Service has been struggling to survive as use of its services declines.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said senators are working on a plan to stabilize the Postal Service without making cuts.
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