{"id":9384,"date":"2014-12-12T16:25:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=9384"},"modified":"2014-12-12T16:25:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:25:03","slug":"nlrb-charges-postal-service-with-illegal-surveillance-of-staples-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/12\/12\/nlrb-charges-postal-service-with-illegal-surveillance-of-staples-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"NLRB Charges Postal Service with Illegal Surveillance of Staples Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

12\/12\/2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0APWU<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged the USPS with illegally spying on postal employees while they protested outside a Staples store in Atlanta on March 4 and 9, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cRespondent has been interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed\u201d in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act and the Postal Reorganization Act, the board charged in a\u00a0<\/span>complaint issued Dec. 9<\/a>. A hearing on the complaint will be held on March 11, 2015. \"1aa-APWU-small\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The complaint stems from charges made by the APWU that the Postal Service dispatched managers posing as \u201cmedia representatives\u201d to the union protests. Once there, the managers took notes and photos of the rallies. Union members and supporters were protesting the no-bid deal between the USPS and Staples that diverts postal work to Staples. \u00a0The protests were not on or near postal property.<\/p>\n

In Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n

The charge follows\u00a0<\/span>the settlement<\/a>\u00a0of another complaint against the Postal Service for illegally interfering in the\u00a0<\/span>Stop Staples\u00a0<\/span><\/em>campaign in Pittsburgh. The settlement requires the USPS to post a notice to employees that acknowledges:<\/p>\n