{"id":8210,"date":"2014-08-12T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T20:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2014-08-12T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T20:17:27","slug":"apwu-dont-buy-school-supplies-at-staples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/08\/12\/apwu-dont-buy-school-supplies-at-staples\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: Don\u2019t Buy School Supplies at Staples"},"content":{"rendered":"
APWU to Teachers, Parents:<\/div>\n

Don\u2019t Buy School Supplies at Staples<\/h1>\n

08\/12\/2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As the back-to-school season moves into high gear, the APWU is ramping up its \u2018Don\u2019t Buy Staples\u2019 campaign, with online ads directed at educators and parents. The ads ask them to buy school supplies elsewhere. The APWU has also developed a\u00a0<\/span>flyer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for distribution to teachers that asks them to honor the boycott.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus on teachers and parents is crucial because school supplies account for roughly one-third of Staples\u2019 revenue,\u201d said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. Public school teachers spent more than $1.3 billion out of their own pockets on school supplies and educational products in the 2009-2010 school year, according to research released in 2010 by the National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA).
\n\u201cI encourage all APWU members to ask the teachers they know and the parents of school-age children they know to buy school supplies from other stores. Locals should distribute the flyers and ask for support from our friends and allies throughout the labor movement and in our communities,\u201d Dimondstein said.<\/p>\n

The National Education Association took action in support of the\u00a0<\/span>Stop Staples!<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Campaign in May and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) voted to join the\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Don\u2019t Buy Staples\u2019<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>movement in mid-July. Since then Staples has launched a major marketing effort directed at teachers.<\/p>\n

Just two days after the AFT vote, Staples and the USPS resorted to trickery to try to derail the boycott, announcing they are terminating the no-bid deal and replacing it with an \u201capproved shipper\u201d program.\u00a0But the Postal Service has publicly acknowledged that the \u201cnew\u201d program is the same as the old Staples program.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>See the excerpts from articles in the\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/em>In These Times<\/em><\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0In These Times:<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Also, In fact, USPS spokesperson Darleen Reid confirms to\u00a0<\/span>In These Times<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>that \u201cthe Staples program, as it moves to the Approved Shipper program, will be offering the same exact suite of services that it offered before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chicago Tribune:<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cIn practice, Reid said, the chain will still offer the same postal service products and services, but will be free to charge higher rates\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStaples and the USPS have made it clear,\u201d APWU\u2019s Dimondstein said. \u201cThey 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. We intend to keep up the pressure until Staples gets out of the mail business.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the flyer says, \u201cWhen you shop for supplies \u2013 for your classroom or your home \u2013 don\u2019t shop at Staples. Most other office- and school-supply chains honor Staples coupons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s easy \u2013 don\u2019t buy supplies at Staples.<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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