By Sam Frizell – July 16, 2015 Labor activists are deeply divided over Hillary Clinton’s candidacy Hillary Clinton had good reason to celebrate Saturday. The American Federation of Teachers, a 1.6-million strong union of teachers, nurses and higher education faculty endorsed her, adding a key working-class voice to a campaign that has so far lacked…
Published on Jul 29, 2014
Staples, USPS Use Trickery to Try to Derail Boycott News Service Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 10 (306.36 KB) July 17, 2014 – When the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) voted to join the âDonât Buy Staplesâ movement on July 12, it struck fear into the hearts of Staples bosses and USPS management. So much…
Web News Article #: 138-14 July 13, 2014 –  American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and thousands of AFT convention delegates joined members of the American Postal Workers Union and other community members in a rally July 12, telling the United States Postal Service and the Staples corporation that the âU.S. Mail Is Not for…
In an expected show of solidarity with postal employee unions, the 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers will vote Saturday on a proposal to boycott Staples. A leading postal employee union launched a boycott of the office supplies retailer earlier this year, after the U.S. Postal Service announced a new pilot program that would offer…
Teachers Union in Support of Postal Workers Urges Educators and School Staff Not to Purchase School Supplies From Staples â State Teachers Unions Urging a National Boycott Vote at the Biennial AFT Convention in Los Angeles This Week For Immediate Release July 7, 2014 – BOSTON â AFT Massachusetts, which represents teachers, school workers, public…
(July 2, 2014) Public school teachers across the USA are threatening to boycott office-supply retailer Staples during back-to-school shopping season, saying the Massachusetts-based chain’s plan to staff in-store U.S. Postal Service counters with its own store employees will replace “living-wage jobs” with lower-paying positions. Already, state teachers’ unions in California, Michigan and New Hampshire have…
Web News Article #: 122-14 June 20, 2014 – âOn Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow. âWhile teachers led their classrooms, a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom said that for students to win, teachers have to lose,â wrote Randi…
