New automated mail systems will eliminate some U.S. Postal Service jobs in Albuquerque, though no workers are to be laid off, a spokeswoman for the service said today.

A mail processing center at 1135 Broadway Blvd. N.E. is awaiting machinery that will read bar codes affixed to mail bins, directing them to the proper location for sorting - work that previously was done by postal workers, said spokeswoman Barbara Wood. A machine that handles change-of-address requests will also affect some jobs on the West Side, she said.

The total number of jobs affected won't be determined until the machinery is in full operation, Wood said.

But workers whose jobs will be made redundant can bid for vacancies within the postal service, Wood said. "There will be no layoffs due to technology," she said.

U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, a Santa Fe Democrat, will host a meeting Thursday to discuss postal operations, Wood said. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. in the Rio Rancho High School performing arts building.