June 20, 2014 – “On Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow. “While teachers led their classrooms, a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom said that for students to win, teachers have to lose,” wrote Randi Weingarten, president of the American […]
‘Stop Staples’ Movement Grows June 19, 2014 – The California Teachers Association and several other labor organizations have joined the Stop Staples campaign. In a letter to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent and Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe, the CTA urged them to abandon the program that established postal counters in the office-supply stores staffed […]
June 18, 2014 – The APWU opened another front in the campaign to Stop Staples with a protest in Pittsburgh on June 17. The city is one of four tests sites for the program that established postal counters in more than 82 of the company’s office-supply stores – staffed with Staples employees rather than U.S. […]
In its continuing attack on postal workers and on the public service, the U.S. Postal Service has cut a deal with Staples to provide postal services at staples stores. Postal jobs must be maintained as good jobs that pay a living wage. Visit WWW.STOPSTAPLES.COM or text POSTAL to 91990 to learn more and get involved. […]
A union representing postal workers will protest Tuesday afternoon at a local Staples over a pilot program in which employees at the office-supply retailer take packages and sell stamps. The American Postal Workers Union announced Friday it would be demonstrating at the Staples at 4801 McKnight Road, one of the 82 locations in four regions […]
Yesterday, Staples announced that it was donating $1 million to an online charity that helps teachers with classroom projects . But the donation seems very suspect considering the recent endorsement from several teacher unions in California, New Hampshire and Michigan to boycott Staples. Here is a portion of Staples press release: Staples Donates $1 […]
June 12, 2014 – As APWU members spread the word about the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign to other labor organizations and friends, the result of their hard work is paying off. Two additional organizations have joined the movement against the privatization of USPS retail services since yesterday. NH State Employees’ Association The New Hampshire State […]
Momentum Mounts June 11, 2014 – The Stop Staples movement is continuing to gain momentum, with several important organizations showing support for the cause. The National Education Association (NEA), which represents 3 million educators, has written to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe [PDF] asking him to immediately reverse the decision to offer postal services through Staples. […]