It’s always painful to watch neighboring communities compete for sprawl — instead of trying to manage it. The Daily Herald newspaper called the following story
If you lived in the village of Liverpool, New York, you could drive five miles to the town of Camillus and shop at the Wal-Mart
AFTER 11 YEARS, 42,000 AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKERS won a $13.5 M multi-state lawsuit that will pay them for time spent in mandatory security checks, which were done to ensure they were not hiding merchandise in their clothing.
Read MoreWMT’S COLLEGE TUITION PROGRAM IS A FARCE: “far more targeted & self-interested than the traditional tuition reimbursement programs, where you can get them from any university & study whatever you want.” Only 1/2 of 1% of workers have graduated.
Read More32,000,000 AMERICAN WORKERS earn < $15/hour — including 6,000,000 tipped workers who earn a federal subminimum wage of just $2.13 an hour. Add your name to this One Fair Wage petition to Congress.
Read MoreThe strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.
