Amazon, the worldâs largest online retailer is today celebrating its 20th birthday, by highlighting its commercial success story. For many Amazon employees, the reality is quite different. The real story behind the vast profits is a company that is consistently breaching the fundamental rights of its staff. Many of these workers, together with Ver.di, the…
(October 12, 2014) Guest Post by Steve Hutkins a literature professor who teaches âplace studiesâ at the Gallatin School of New York University. This is Part 1 in a series of 3 articles as written by Steve Hutkins in 2012. These articles originally appeared on the âSave The Post Office Blogâ. Steve lives in a…
LOS ANGELES â Postal workers scored a victory when Staples Inc. announced July 14 that it was ending a pilot program to set up mini post offices in the companyâs retail outlets. Staples began the program last fall, offering U.S. Postal Service-branded counters in 82 stores in four states. The Staples program is widely viewed…
The past few weeks have been huge in the fight to Stop Staples. Thousands of people have attended protests and signed the petition. If you have not yet done so, please visit www.StopStaples.com to sign the online petition today. Tell Staples: The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale! Donât let Staples destroy your Post Office….
Recording of a captive audience anti-union meeting put on by Staples management and corporate HR at the Staples ‘fulfillment center’ warehouse in Lithia Springs, GA (outside of Atlanta) on May 15, 2014. Part 1 is a company rep reading from a prepared script about why workers should not organize a union, followed by the audio…
