Web News Article #: 166-14 – 09/10/2014 Opponents of a no-bid deal between Staples and the USPS are taking the fight to the Massachusetts-based company’s home turf. In August, postal workers, teachers and customers staged rallies in and around Boston, and they’re planning to conduct continuing protests in the region. The APWU is also…
For Immediate Release 08/25/2014 – Postal Workers and supporters will protest a sweetheart deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Framingham-based retailer Staples at a rally in downtown Boston on Wednesday, August 27. Who: Postal workers and supporters What: Protest against outsourcing of postal services to Staples When: Wednesday, August 27, at 5 p.m. Where: Steps…
The American Postal Workers Union and its supporters plan to protest at Staples stores in Boston and Saugus today against what they call the outsourcing of postal work to a troubled retailer. The U.S. Postal Service and Staples launched a pilot program last October to allow 82 stores in Worcester, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, San Diego and…
After starting in selected cities around the country, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service are closer to rolling out Sunday parcel delivery on a nationwide scale. In recent weeks, Sunday delivery has launched in Seattle and Portland, and various other cities are potentially only weeks from going live — including the Boston area and a…
Boston residents may have to wait a little longer for their mail after an investigation showed the city’s Postal Service processing and distribution center saw a 56 percent increase in the amount of delayed mail within a single year. In just the first three months of fiscal year 2014, the Boston center delayed delivery of…
