APWU: Teachers Union to Staples CEO – ‘We’re Not Buying’

Posted on September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 175-2014 09/24/2014 – The president of the American Federation of Teachers has a message for Staples CEO Ron Sargent: We’re not buying! AFT President Randi Weingarten wrote to Sargent on Sept. 17, “As you know, teachers are critical to your profits. Last year, educators spent over $1.6 billion of their own…

National Teachers’ Union Expected To Join Staples Boycott

Posted on July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 by 21cpw

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…