{"id":21075,"date":"2014-07-14T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=21075"},"modified":"2014-07-14T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T23:26:59","slug":"statement-by-mark-dimondstein-president-apwu-on-staples-announcement-on-pilot-program-performing-usps-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/statement-by-mark-dimondstein-president-apwu-on-staples-announcement-on-pilot-program-performing-usps-work\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU President Dimondstein on Staples Announcement on \u2018Pilot Program\u2019 Performing USPS Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"APWU_convention\"\u201cThis attempt at trickery shows that the \u2018Don\u2019t Buy Staples\u2019 movement is having an effect.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For Immediate Release
\n<\/strong>July 14, 2014 – A Staples announcement on July 14 indicating that the company is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service and replacing it with an \u201capproved shipper<\/strong><\/a>\u201d program is a ruse. Staples and the USPS are changing the name of the program, without addressing the fundamental concerns of postal workers and postal customers.<\/p>\n

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The Staples announcement and a letter from the USPS dated July 7 make it clear: They intend to continue to privatize postal retail operations, replace living-wage Postal Service jobs with low-wage Staples jobs, and compromise the safety and security of the mail.<\/p>\n

The people of this country have a right to postal services provided by highly trained, uniformed USPS employees who are sworn to safeguard the mail.<\/p>\n

This attempt at trickery shows that the \u2018Don\u2019t Buy Staples\u2019 movement is having an effect. We intend to keep up the pressure until Staples gets out of the mail business. The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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via Statement by Mark Dimondstein President, American Postal Workers Union on Staples Announcement on \u2018Pilot Program\u2019 Performing USPS Work | APWU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis attempt at trickery shows that the \u2018Don\u2019t Buy Staples\u2019 movement is having an effect.\u201d For Immediate Release July 14, 2014 – A Staples announcement on July 14 indicating that the company is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service and replacing it with an \u201capproved shipper\u201d program is a ruse. Staples and…<\/p>\n

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