APWU Says Court ‘Made the Right Call’ in Staples/Office Depot Merger

Posted on May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 by 21cpw

For Immediate Release 05/10/2016 – The following statement is from Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union: “U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan made the right call today, upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to block a deeply flawed merger between Staples and Office Depot. “Starting the day this bad deal was unveiled,…

APWU: FTC to Challenge Merger of Staples, Office Depot

Posted on December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 226-2015 12/07/2015 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it would seek to stop the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot, the nation’s largest and second-largest office-supply chains. The agency filed an “administrative complaint” charging that Staples’ proposed $6.3 billion takeover of Office Depot would violate the nation’s…

APWU Launches Petition Drive Against Staples-Office Depot Merger

Posted on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 156-2015 08/07/2015 – The American Postal Workers has launched a petition drive calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the merger of Staples and Office Depot. The merger would give Staples a monopoly in a key sector of the economy. “This monopoly is no game,” said APWU President Mark…