Hundreds of postal workers stepped off the job Thursday to protest mini post offices set up in Staples office supply stores.
The American Postal Workers Union organized protests at 50 Staples in 27 states to oppose a partnership between Staples and the U.S. Postal Service. Eighty-two branches of the office supply store have been selling postal products and services since November.
While the deal has drawn union ire before, Thursday’s was the largest protest. In Washington D.C., several dozen union workers marched in front of a downtown Staples (SPLS, Fortune 500), beating buckets and drums and chanting “U.S. mail is not for sale.”
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