‘Sharing’ the Staples Message
February 7, 2014
APWU Redwood Empire Area Local member Tracy Morris Blakely is making sure everyone she talks to gets involved in the union’s campaign to stop the privatization of postal retail operations at Staples stores.
“This is how I do it,” she said about encouraging people to visit StopStaples.com with their smart phones. “I get them on the spot — not wait for them to promise that they will do it then forget or procrastinate.”
“It takes less than 30 seconds” to get them to sign on, she noted.
“I’m doing what I can,” she added, hoping that other union members will help spread the campaign in their communities, too.
The Staples-USPS deal to staff “postal” counters in Staples stores with non-postal employees threatens good-paying union jobs and jeopardizes public post offices.
More than 80 Staples stores are participating in the company’s pilot program for operating postal retail counters. If successful, the program could be expanded to all of Staples 1,600 stores nationwide.