APWU: For Students to Win, Teachers Don’t Have to Lose

Web News Article #: 122-14 June 20, 2014 – “On Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow. “While teachers led their classrooms, a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom said that for students to win, teachers have to lose,” wrote Randi…

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CPWU: Petition to Staples CEO Ronald Sargent

Linked below is the petition we are using in Portland to get individuals involved (not the “contact me” column) in the Staples boycott.  We are petitioning at community gatherings and union, neighborhood and community meetings. Also below is a link to the California Federation of Teachers resolution which can be adapted for other organizations. Petition to…

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‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Gathers Momentum, ‘Don’t Buy’ catching on

Web News Article #: 095-14 May 19, 2014 – In the wake of the APWU’s National Day of Action on April 24, the Stop Staples campaign is gathering momentum. After months of stonewalling by USPS management and Staples executives, the APWU National Executive Board voted to increase the pressure on the office-supply chain by officially…

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APWU Members, Supporters Ramp Up Stop Staples Campaign

APWU News Bulletin 07-2014, May 1, 2014 | PDF APWU members were exuberant after staging 56 Stop Staples protests in 27 states on April 24 — and momentum is building. Carrying signs and chanting, “The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale,” participants got the message across. The protests received extensive media coverage, including 1,196 television…

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This Is What Real Postal Privatization Looks Like

American postal workers and their allies complain that U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is trying to privatize his agency, and Donahoe says this is preposterous. Who’s right? It might be useful to consider what’s going on in Britain, where the Conservative-run government of Prime Minister David Cameron really did take the Royal Mail private last…

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