Postal Union Fights Staples Partnership

More than 700 postal and other workers walked a picket line in front of a Chicago-area Staples store on April 5. The protesters marched back and forth over the block-long sidewalk for an hour and a half, chanting "Whose Postal Office? The People's Post Office!" Many wore T-shirts that read: "Stop Staples. The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale."

Organized by the American Postal Workers Union, the rally's target was a deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples to move mail services into Staples stores.