May 2020

28 Y.O. MAN SHOOTS & KILLS 33 Y.O. WOMAN WHO WAS PANHANDLING AT A WALMART GAS STATION IN TEXAS. WMT: the most violent place in

JEFF BEZOS SENT LETTER BY 9 U.S. SENATORS, INCL. WARREN, SANDERS, HARRIS, seeking AMZN’s policies for employee discipline & termination, in light of 4 recent

11 MA. CONGRESSMEN ASSAIL WALMART FOR ITS HIGH-COVID STORES. “We are writing to express serious concern about your company’s failure to keep Walmart employees in

MEDICARE WILL PAY HOSPITALS TO DO COVID TESTING IN YOUR HOME: a lab tech will make home visits to collect testing samples. If you are

COVID SCARE SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER WALMART IN MA. AFTER EMPLOYEE DIES. “There are no words to express the loss of our associate,” WMT said. 9

TODAY IS “ESSENTIAL WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS DAY!” Support Sen. Warren/Rep. Khanna bill: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-become-a-grassroots-co-sponsor-of-an-essential-workers-bill-of-rights/ Read more on Facebook

TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS TOWN HALL NO MORE COVID AID WITHOUT CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY:“We’re not doing anything without a payroll tax cut.” This is

SMALL MERCHANT IN CA. SAYS BIG BOX STORES GET FAVORITISM WHILE HE’S FORCED TO CLOSE. “They need to give small businesses a chance. Put us

TEXAS HAS OPENED ALL STORES AT 25% CAPACITY, but a leading lawmaker says: “I’m tired of navigating a germ pool in an overcrowded Lowe’s, Home

WALMART IN WORCESTER, MA. HAS 81 WORKERS WITH COVID. I fought that project —but city Planning Board would not let me testify. Instead of shutting

TRUMP CALLS COVID VACCINE PUSH “OPERATION WARP SPEED,” indemnifies drug companies from liability. Looks more like “OPERATION WARPED GREED.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-vaccine-operation-warp-speed.amp.html Read more on Facebook

My monthly column for the Fifty plus Life: NURSING HOME RESIDENTS FEEL “TRAPPED” BY THE COVID PANDEMIC. Nursing Homes Residents Feeling Trapped During Pandemic –

WALMART HAS HIRED 74,000 GROCERY PICKERS TO DO WHAT YOU USED TO DO: shop at the store. For $10 over the usual delivery fee, a

“WE HAVE LOST NOBODY TO CORONA VIRUS IN THE UNITED STATES.”—Donald Trump, Feb. 29, 2020. As of May 4th, 65,735 nobodies have died of covid

AMAZON SETTLES LAWSUIT BY AGREEING TO PAY $11 MILLION TO ITS WAREHOUSE WORKERS FOR TIME THEY SPEND IN SECURITY CHECK LINES. Read more on Facebook

TRUMP PUTS 5 AMZN FOREIGN SITES ON A BLACKLIST FOR SELLING COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS. AMZN says Trump’s “purely political act” advances a “personal vendetta against Amazon,”

WARREN/AOC FILE BILL TO PAUSE ALL LARGE (>$100 M) CORP. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS “until the FTC determines that small businesses, workers, & consumers are no

INSTEAD OF A COVID RELIEF PLAN THAT PUTS $ IN THE HANDS OF BIG CORP CEO’S & BANKS, “Congress must …protect workers & communities—not corporate

WORKERS ARE WALKING OFF THE JOB ON MAY DAY in coordinated actions at Amazon, Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, FedEx, and Instacart, demanding hazard pay, PPE

WHOLE FOODS WORKERS REPORT 254 CONFIRMED COVID CASES & 2 DEATHS ACROSS 132 STORES. “Whole Foods has no current policy in place to inform the