APWU: National Education Association, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Join ‘Stop Staples’ Movement

Web News Article #: 114-14 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…

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APWU: AFL-CIO Endorses Staples Boycott

Web News Article #: 107-14 May 30, 2014 – The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got a significant boost on May 30, when the AFL-CIO notified the APWU it would support the boycott of the office-supply chain. The labor federation is comprised of 56 unions representing 12.5 million members. “Our brothers and sisters in the labor…

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AFL-CIO Report: Death on the Job, The Toll of Neglect

This is the 23rd year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers. Workplaces are much safer today than when the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was passed in 1970, which promised workers in this country the right to a safe job. The job fatality rate has…

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“May Day” celebration; march on PO in Baltimore

See: ▶ May Day (05.01.14) in Baltimore – YouTube. Under sunny skies, more than 100 activists gathered at McKeldin Square in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to celebrate “May Day.” After all the speeches at this site, the spirited crowd marched about five blocks east – over to the main post office building on Fayette Street. Organizer…

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