Teachers, postal workers weigh Staples boycott
(July 2, 2014) Public school teachers across the USA are threatening to boycott office-supply retailer Staples during back-to-school shopping season, saying the Massachusetts-based chain’s plan to staff in-store U.S. Postal Service counters with its own store employees will replace “living-wage jobs” with lower-paying positions. Already, state teachers’ unions in California, Michigan and New Hampshire have…