Article: Postal shifts ahead.(News)

Byline: Deborah Donovan ddonovan@dailyherald.com

Processing outgoing mail in a Carol Stream distribution center rather than the Palatine center will affect 131 positions but not cut any of them, U.S. Postal Service managers said Tuesday night.

There are no plans to close the Palatine center, said Greg Johnson, senior plant manager for Northern Illinois. And while no employees would lose their jobs, there will be changes in duties, shifts and locations, arranged according to union contracts.

The move would save about $10 million annually, the managers said.

One customer joined about 160 union leaders and employees in protesting that not ...

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