The San Leandro Staples is closing October 8 and the El Cerrito Staples is closing in November! No one travels 50 or 100 miles to shop at Staples, they go to the one near them. There are only so many customers within range of a particular store. The people we talk to are all from…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: The Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee held a successful demonstration against the Staples privatization scheme at the Uniontown, PA store on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
Web News Article #: 162-20150 8/17/2015 – A Baltimore teacher took it upon himself to make a âBoycott Staplesâ sign and protest in front of the York Road location on Aug. 15. âI was out there in solidarity with postal workers who are seeing their jobs transferred to for-profit corporations,â explained Myles Hoenig, who is…
Web News Article #: 161-2015 08/17/2015 – An 89-year-old Philadelphia veteran is the latest supporter of the Stop Staples campaign. A group of activists from the Philadelphia PA Area Local were handing out flyers in front of a Staples store in Springfield, PA, on Aug. 13, when they met the elderly gent on his way…
Teachers! We need your help and we need it now! As you may know, the US Postal Serviceâvery like public education itself–is being attacked on many fronts, by privatizers, union-busters, those who would dismantle an essential public service out of greed, ideology and contempt for the everyday people our work serves. Right now, the biggest…
Web News Article #: 126-2015 06/17/2015 – Source: Stop Staples Campaign Keeps on Rolling Through Pennsylvania | APWU
By Taryn Luna – May 27, 2015 A union representing postal workers has urged federal regulators to block a proposed $6.3 billion merger of Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. The American Postal Workers Union said it sent the Federal Trade Commission and other government authorities a 24-page report Tuesday, contending that a merger of…
