SMALL BUSINESSES SAY THE COVID BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ISN’T WORKING: “Small businesses have not yet received the funds, which appear unlikely to come for some
SOCIAL DISTANCING AT A LOCAL WALMART? No, these are voters standing in line in Wisconsin, defying the state’s “stay at home” order, risking the spread
THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH TOOK A CAMERA CREW WITH HIM TO AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE TO THANK HIS WORKERS. “I can’t shake your hands,” he
OPERATION REDMAP, & WHY REPUBLICANS DON’T WANT PEOPLE UNDER 65 TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FROM HOME. And don’t mail voters absentee ballots either. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-4-2020
THE LINCOLN PROJECT: CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO GET RID OF TRUMP. Watch their covid video “UNFIT”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7gJgmkWJ6es Read more on Facebook
WITH CHARACTERISTIC CLASS, BERNIE MOVES ON: “While Americans have been told, over and over again, how wonderful our employer-based, private insurance system is, those claims
FEDS REFUSE TO PUBLISH CORONA DATA FOR INDIVIDUAL NURSING HOMES, even though CMS found that 36% of nursing facilities inspected recently are not following hand-washing
ABOUT FACE: THIS WEEK (4/1/29), TRUMP’S “TONE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. Trump—who had previously said the coronavirus would soon ‘disappear’…indicated that, even under the administration’s ‘goals of
WALMART IS LIMITING ENTRANCES & EXITS INTO STORES, LIMITING THE # OF PEOPLE INSIDE, ALLOWING WORKERS TO WEAR MASKS, & TAKING WORKER TEMPS. Small merchants
BERNIE’S BOLDEST COVID BILL: 1. maintain paychecks/monthly checks for every person; 2. Guarantee paid health care for all; 3. Use Defense Production Act to make
TWO WALMART WORKERS RECENTLY DIED OF COVID 19 WHILE WORKING AT WALMART. How many other WMT workers have died? Tell your Governor to pressure Walmart
TOO MUCH VOTING? TRUMP TELLS FOX & FRIENDS (3/30): “The things [Democrats] had in [the covid stimulus bill] were crazy. They had levels of voting,
THE NATION’S ECONOMY IS SICK—BUT THE WALTONS ARE SOARING! March sales at WMT spiked +20% and +30% online. Buying frenzy great for a few omni-channel
ON JAN 22, TWO DAYS AFTER THE FIRST REPORTED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE U.S., DONALD TRUMP SAID: “It’s one person coming in from
“THE CORONAVIRUS ISN’T DONALD TRUMP’s FAULT, BUT HOW HE RESPONDED TO IT IS… Donald Trump didn’t take the steps needed to get the testing in
JAY CARNEY, A SVP AT AMAZON, FORMER OBAMA PRESS SECRETARY & VP JOE BIDEN STAFFER, criticizes Bernie Sanders for defending Amazon warehouse workers safety protests.
SHOPPERS” WHO PICK ORDERS FOR TARGET CUSTOMERS & MAKE HOME DELIVERIES, ARE INDEP. CONTRACTORS WHO WORK FOR SHIPT. They want hazard pay, 4 weeks of
WHEN AN AMAZON WORKER IN A STATEN ISLAND WAREHOUSE LED EMPLOYEES TO WALK OFF THE JOB OVER UNSAFE COVID WORKING CONDITIONS-AMAZON FIRED HIM. Here’s how
VERMONT ORDERS BIG BOX STORES LIKE WALMART “to cease in-person sales of non-essential items.” The number of people coming into these big box stores “significantly
NEED A LYFT? FIND YOUR LOCAL AMAZON WAREHOUSE. AMZN is offering to pay idle Lyft drivers $17/hr. to work in their warehouses. “We welcome Lyft
UNDER THE NEW SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, Businesses that have already laid off workers can be forgiven the full loan amt. for payroll costs of
WALMART TELLS WORKERS TO REMEMBER 3 NUMBERS: 6, 20 & 100. 6 feet is the amt. of space people should keep from others to maintain
THIS FOX NEWS PRESIDENTIAL POLL DESERVES A POST ON APRIL FOOLS DAY, because it’s as foolish as DJ TRUMP’S hope that covid would be over
The 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.