Staples Masquerades as Quill

Boycott Quill.com, Too!

APWU – 01/29/2015  Several APWU locals were unpleasantly surprised recently when packages they ordered from an online office-supply website were delivered by people wearing Staples’ uniforms.

The Quill Corporation is a subsidiary of Staples, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at their website, which has no mention of the affiliation with the office-supply giant.

Staples bought Quill from an independent owner for a hefty $685 million in 1998. Since then, it has been Staples’ most profitable division, accounting for 25 percent of its sales.

“I urge our members and everyone who has endorsed the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign to boycott Quill as well,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “Boycotting Quill strengthens the union’s Stop Staples campaign, which aims to fight the shady deal between the Postal Service and the office-supply chain. The deal replaces living-wage jobs with low-wage jobs, privatizes USPS retail operations, and jeopardizes the safety and security of the nation’s mail. “

One Response to "Staples Masquerades as Quill"

  1. I’m reading this article about Quill and Staples, and lo and behold there’s an ad for Staples at the top of the page. Is somebody asleep at the wheel?

    Ken – Thanks for posting.

    PEN utilizes Google AdSense to serve ads to many of our pages. We have no notice from Google as to which companies ad will be served.

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