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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTODAY, August 20: Boycott against Staples hits Boston area
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y (from email)
For Immediate Release August 20, 2014
Contact: Jamie Horwitz jhdcpr@starpower.net or Sally Davidow sdavidow@apwu.org
Media Advisory for Today, August 20, Boston
Postal Workers, Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Staples
Stop Staples Boycott Comes to the Hub as
Troubled Retailer Releases 2nd Quarter Results
Postal Workers to Pass Out Rulers Stamped
Dont Buy School Supplies at Staples in Boston at 10 a.m. Teachers to Join Protest at Saugus Staples
at 5:30 p.m.
BOSTON The Dont Buy Staples campaign, organized by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), will be in the Boston area home of the troubled retailer with two events today, August 20, the same day the company will release its second quarter results.
AM Event, Boston
Who:
APWU members and supporters
What:
Protest against outsourcing of U.S. Postal Service work to Staples
Postal Workers and supporters to pass out Dont Buy School Supplies at Staples rulers
When:
Today, August 20, at 10 a.m.
Where:
Staples at One Washington Mall, Downtown Boston
(Adjacent to City Hall Plaza, one block from Faneuil Hall)
PM Event, Saugus, MA
Who:
Members of Lynn Teachers Union, APWU members and supporters
What:
Protest against outsourcing of U.S. Postal Service work to Staples
When:
Today, August 20, at 5:30 p.m.
Where:
Staples store at 444 Broadway, Saugus, MA
In addition to the events listed above, a large rally featuring postal workers and supporters is planned for Wednesday, August 27, on the steps of City Hall plaza. The location is just one block away from the Staples Washington Mall store.
Since January, APWU members and supporters have staged hundreds of protests around the country in front of the office-supply outlets over the retailers no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service that established knock-off post offices in Staples stores.
Outsourcing postal work to Staples is one of the most ill-conceived ideas the Postal Service has come up with and thats saying a lot, said John Dirzius, Northeast Region Coordinator for the APWU. Consumers dont want to turn over their mail to low-paid, barely-trained workers in an unsecured setting. And postal workers dont want to turn over our jobs to a private company thats closing stores left and right.
Staples, facing declining sales and revenue, has announced plans to close 225 stores by the end of 2015. The Post Office is a public asset, and were here to provide a public service not a backdoor bailout to a struggling private company, said Bob Dempsey, Vice President of the APWUs Boston Metro Local. If it is allowed to continue, this program will lead to the closing of neighborhood post offices.
USPS and Staples are clearly feeling pressure from the Stop Staples campaign. In July, they announced that they were changing the name of their partnership. However, the USPS has acknowledged that the newly-renamed program is essentially the same as the old one.
Also in July, both national teacher unions the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers passed resolutions in support of the Stop Staples campaign, and 2,000 teachers and other AFT supporters protested at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. School supplies are a key market for Staples, accounting for up to one-third of the companys sales, according to some estimates.
For more information about the campaign to stand up for quality service and good-paying jobs, visit Stop Staples.com.
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TODAY, August 20: Boycott against Staples hits Boston area (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2014
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brooklynite
(94,572 posts)1. I trust nobody supporting this protest pays their bills online...
...because you're effectively outsourcing a chunk of your mail to a private bank.