Published on Feb 13, 2015 On Saturday, May 9, thousands of the U.S. Postal Service’s letter carriers—with generous help from countless volunteers—will conduct the 23rd annual “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in America. Letter carriers visit every address in America at least six days a week, so we are acutely…
America’s biggest union organization has agreed that no member will endorse a 2016 presidential candidate until they have all agreed on one. The deal, announced by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday, is intended to avoid the disagreement that plagued the Democratic field in 2008. “We have signed an agreement with all of the unions…
By now, anyone who’s paid attention to what has optimistically been called the “American labor movement” is aware that organized labor is in critical need of resuscitation and revitalization, if not downright reinvention. Despite its storied history — and it being the only friend that working men and women have ever had (note the undeniable…
The recent announcement that Staples would end its partnership with the U.S. Postal Service is nothing more than a ruse. Instead of giving up on its quest to privatize the Postal Service, Staples wants to become an “Approved Shipper.” This ploy to confuse consumers is proof that the growing protests against Staples are having an…
Web News Article #: 139-14 July 14, 2014 – The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), representing more than 300,000 full-time professional firefighters and paramedics in every state of the U.S. and Canada with more than 3,100 affiliates, has joined the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement. The IAFF Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse in the boycott. On…
In our new regular feature, we’ll be taking a look at the villains who are doing their best to prevent the United States from raising wages for all or some Americans. In this series, we’re going to look past the usual suspects—for example, while it is true that too often elected officials get in the…
Web News Article #: 126-14 June 30, 2014 – The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement got a big boost this month when the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted to endorse the boycott. The union represents building service, healthcare and government employees. In a letter to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent and Postmaster General Patrick R….
The Supreme Court’s rebuke Thursday of President Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has thrown hundreds of decisions made while the agency was unconstitutionally constructed into doubt. [READ SUPREME COURT’S RULING.] Having to revisit those verdicts could draw the labor board away from its agenda, to the delight of Republicans and business groups…
