Staples slips after shareholders speak out

Postal Service workers have been protesting a deal that lets Staples sell stamps and mail services at its stores. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images /File

Staples Inc. stock declined the day after shareholders registered their objections to the Framingham-based company’s executive pay practices — bonuses were awarded for 2013 even as sales and profit slumped — and called for the jobs of chairman and CEO to be separated. Both are held by Ron Sargent, whose total compensation was $10.8 million last year. Staples said Tuesday that its board declared a quarterly cash dividend on common stock of 12 cents per share.