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October 7, 2014
Philly Postal Workers Protest Outsourcing to Staples
For Immediate Release – October 7, 2014 Contact: Jamie Horwitz 202/549-4921(cell), jhdcpr@starpower.netSally Davidow 202/842-4250, sdavidow@apwu.org Philadelphia – Members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), joined by labor and community su...
September 9, 2014
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the ‘Democracy for All’ Constitutional Amendment
Since 2010, it’s gotten harder for minorities, young people, senior citizens and working people to vote, but easier for the super-rich to buy elections. Corporate money is drowning out the voice of the people. The Senate vote on Sept. 8 to allow cons...
August 25, 2014
Hundreds of Postal Workers, Supporters to Protest on Steps of City Hall and at Adjacent Staples in Downtown Boston Wednesday
Postal Workers and supporters will protest a sweetheart deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Framingham-based retailer Staples at a rally in downtown Boston on Wednesday, August 27. Who: Postal workers and supportersWhat: Protest against outsourc...
August 18, 2014
Postal Workers, Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Staples
The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign, organized by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), will come to the Boston area – home of the troubled retailer – with two events on Wednesday, Aug. 20, the same day the company will release its second quarter re...
August 15, 2014
Postal Workers Launch Online Boycott Targeting Staples’ Back-to-School Sales
The American Postal Workers Union has opened a new front in its campaign against a secretive, no-bid deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples that established knock-off post offices in 82 of the office- and school-supply stores. These “postal...
July 21, 2014
Thousands to Protest in Chicago Loop Against Shift by USPS of Postal Services to Retailer
Thousands of members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), joined by supporters, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union, will protest the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service at a Staples store...
July 14, 2014
Statement by Mark Dimondstein President, American Postal Workers Union on Staples Announcement on ‘Pilot Program’ Performing USPS Work
A Staples announcement on July 14 indicating that the company is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service and replacing it with an “approved shipper” program is a ruse. Staples and the USPS are changing the name of the program, withou...
July 12, 2014
Thousands of Teachers, Postal Workers and Public Employees to Protest Post Office Outsourcing to Staples Stores Today
For Immediate Release Contact: Jamie Horwitz; Sally Davidow Phone: 202-549-4921; 202-368-3324jhdcpr@starpower.net; sdavidow@apwu.org Los Angeles – Thousands of delegates to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Convention meeting in Los Angeles...
July 7, 2014
AFT Massachusetts Votes to Boycott Framingham-Based Staples Over Deal Between Retailer and USPS That Privatizes Work of Local Post Offices
BOSTON – AFT Massachusetts, which represents teachers, school workers, public librarians and college faculty across Massachusetts, announced today that it was joining a growing boycott of the office supply and bulk goods retailer Staples. The announc...
June 13, 2014
Postal Workers to Protest Outside Local Staples Store on Tues. – Pittsburgh is 1 of 4 Test Markets for Moving Mail from Post Offices to Staples Stores
PITTSBURGH – A nationwide campaign against a no-bid, sweetheart deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples will come to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 17. Members of the American Postal Workers Union will protest at the Staples store on McKnight R...
June 2, 2014
Postal Workers to Protest at Staples Annual Meeting
PALO ALTO — Members of the American Postal Workers Union will protest a no-bid, sweetheart deal with the United States Postal Service on Monday, June 2, immediately prior to annual meeting of Staples shareholders in Palo Alto, CA. Who: Memb...
May 30, 2014
Postal Workers to Protest at Staples Annual Meeting
PALO ALTO — Members of the American Postal Workers Union will protest a no-bid, sweetheart deal with the United States Postal Service on Monday, June 2, immediately prior to annual meeting of Staples shareholders in Palo Alto, CA. Who: Memb...
May 29, 2014
Postal Service Cuts Hours at 21 San Francisco Post Offices
SAN FRANCISCO – In the wake of a secretive, sweetheart deal to outsource postal operations to low-wage, high-turnover Staples stores, the U.S. Postal Service is reducing customer service hours at 21 of 39 U.S. Post Office stations in San Francisco. C...
April 24, 2014
Stop Staples – In Depth
What Are Staples and USPS Trying to Hide? Plenty. The U.S. Postal Service and Staples are working overtime to keep the details of their sweetheart deal a secret, but an April 1 hearing before the National Labor Relations Board – and documents the US...
April 23, 2014
Postal Workers to Protest Privatization At More than 50 Staples Stores in 27 States on April 24
WASHINGTON – Thousands of members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and community activists will engage in National Day of Action on Thursday, April 24, to protest the Postal Service’s sweetheart deal with Staples that is moving mail servic...