U.S. Postal Service/Staples Mail Services May Be Illegal

Marketers who use Staples stores for their USPS needs may have to reroute to post offices after Aug. 17. That’s the day when the National Labor Relations Board will hear testimony from the USPS and one of its unions regarding the legality of the USPS outsourcing some mail processing to Staples—a practice the NLRB already says may be illegal. (Opens as a PDF)

In its June 26 “Complaint and Notice of Hearing,” the board ruled that USPS needed to notify the union—the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO—about its plans to subcontract with Staples.