June 2020

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YOU WANT THAT BIG MAC WITH A MASK & GLOVES? “A Chicago judge has ordered McDonald’s to better enforce social distancing & mask wearing at

UBER FACES $400M LAWSUIT AS CANADIAN SUPREME COURT RULES DRIVERS CAN RESOLVE LABOR ISSUES IN ONTARIO COURTS. Workers want to be treated as employees, not

IN 2019, AMZN SPENT $500M & PAID 8,000 WORKERS TO TAKE DOWN 6 BILLION FRAUDULENT PRODUCTS FROM THEIR PLATFORM. How come this counterfeit of my

AFTER YEARS OF COMPLAINTS, AMZN CREATES NEW COUNTERFEIT CRIME UNIT for “preventing the sale of fraudulent items on its platform.” Bad actor company goes after

ESSENTIAL WORKERS? HEROES? GROCERY WORKERS SUFFER AS STORES TALLY UP HUGE PROFITS. “Walmart, Costco, & Whole Foods/Amazon are especially lacking when it comes to responding

OXFAM ACCUSES MAJOR US GROCERY CHAINS OF FAILING TO PROTECT THEIR WORKERS. “3 million mostly low-wage workers…are living paycheck to paycheck, often forced to choose

COVID HAS FORCED WALMART TO CLOSE STORES in Iowa, California, Texas, Louisiana & Massachusetts for “deep cleaning.” But what’s really needed is some “deep transparency”

KING OF WAREHOUSE SPRAWL: AMZN has 180 million sf of US warehouses. “That’s more shipping space than the country’s other top retailers, including Walmart &

WALMART HATES THESE HEADLINES—BUT GUESS WHO HATES THEM MORE? The “very stable genius” in the White House who says if we test fewer people, our

APPLE RECLOSES SOME STORES, BUT WMT, TGT, HD REMAIN OPEN. Fed Bank staffer warns economic rebound from covid may be slow, & unemployment rate will

MAN BARRICADES HIMSELF IN BATHROOM AT HOME DEPOT IN MA. Store shut down for hours. Can you imagine someone doing this at their local hardware

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TRUMP FINALLY AGREES TO RELEASE LIST OF BIZ WHO GOT $512B IN PPP LOANS. NFIB fears it will lead to a “public shaming exercise.” Only

CONGRESS CONSIDERS ALLOWING SMALL BIZ WITH <100 EMPLOYEES TO APPLY FOR A 2ND PPP LOAN “if they can show a 50% revenue loss due to

FEDS HAVE $20 B IN PPP SMALL BIZ MONEY LEFT, & BIG BIZ GAVE BACK $12 B THEY DIDN’T NEED. “We’re still in a crisis,”

21% OF WMT’S EMPLOYEES ARE BLACK—BUT LESS THAN 6% OF ITS SENIOR LEVEL MANAGERS ARE BLACK. There’s a “dearth of non-White faces and voices among

“OUR ECONOMY IS SET UP TO REINFORCE CORPORATE POWER…Federal Reserve was eager…to quickly support Wall Street & large corps, smaller businesses…forced to navigate an atrophied

WALMART BUYS CAREZONE APP “that helps individuals & families manage medicine & chronic illness.” All the pharmacy chains, AMZN want that health care dollar. I

SBA EASES PAYROLL PROTECTION LOAN RULES TO ALLOW SOME BIZ OWNERS WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY TO APPLY. https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/06/15/change-in-rule-on-criminal-history-expands-ppp.html?ana=e_tno&b=1592253181%5E21690257 Read more on Facebook

WALMART CONTINUES TO COPYCAT WHATEVER AMAZON DOES. Now they’re copying Amazon Go’s cashierless stores. Robotic machines don’t ask for wage hikes or unions. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/walmart-looks-to-remove-all-cashiers-from-stores Read

WALMART HAS HAD AN UNENVIABLE RECORD ON RACIAL ISSUES FOR YEARS. Everyday low pay, voter suppression, stand your ground laws. Here’s a sample of racial

I TRUST THE ANTI-MONOPOLISTS WHO DOG AMAZON will give equal attention to WMT’s new “Marketplace” with Shopify, because seller platforms should not be owned by

WALMART REPLICATES AMAZON, launches “Walmart Marketplace” with partner Shopify, “focused on small & medium businesses whose assortment complements ours… giving small businesses access to the

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WALMART THROWS $100 M AT “RACIAL EQUITY.” 352,000 Blacks work at WMT—1 in 5 workers. WMT will do everything it can to support Black Lives

KROGER CEO TELLS HIS BLACK EMPLOYEES: “We see you. We hear you. We support you.” WMT CEO tells his Black workers:”We hear you, we see

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF WANTS HELP IDing HUNDREDS OF FL. RESIDENTS WHO “STORMED” INTO WALMART & TOOK $116k IN MERCHANDISE. WMT gets to “give back” to

COVID HAS DEVASTATED THE ELDERLY. “Trump’s approval rating on the handling of the coronavirus was lower with seniors than with any other group other than

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3M SUES AMAZON SELLER OVER COUNTERFEIT FACEMASKS. “Certain bad actors…sought to exploit the crisis & prey on innocent parties…scams involving…altered products, unlawful price-gouging, fake offers.

WAREHOUSE OWNER IN MI. SUES AMZN FOR $10 M FOR LEAVING BLDG. IN “DEPLORABLE”CONDITION.AMZN wanted its negotiations kept secret from the public. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/lawsuit-amazon-damaged-gr-facility-it-ultimately-didnt-lease/amp/ Read more

“WORKING CLASS PEOPLE PILFERING CONVENIENCE STORE GOODS IS DEEMED ‘LOOTING.’ BY CONTRAST, RICH FOLK AND CORPORATIONS STEALING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DURING THEIR CLASS WAR IS

COVID MADE BRICK & MORTAR STORES SICK: overall sales falling -14% in 2020. ECommerce sales rising +18%—-but are still less than 15% of all sales.

EX-AMAZON ENGINEER SPEAKS OUT: “A combination of antitrust & living-wage & worker-empowerment legislation…offers a clear path forward…The warehouse workers are weak & getting weaker…they’re gonna

FORMER AMZN EXEC SAYS COMPANY “is a symptom of the problem. It’s an imbalance of wealth, of power, across the macro- economic structure.” All AMZN’s

NEW AMAZON WAREHOUSE IN CA. HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE. 3rd party operates the bldg. AMZN says “minimal customer impact.” Act of God—or an angel? https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/amazon-redlands-fire-trnd/index.html

THE UNEMPLOYED DON’T BUY NEW CLOTHES. Fewer vacations weddings to dress up for. Apparel sales fell -22% (-$100B) in 2020 vs 2019. This includes online

ELON MUSK SAYS BREAK UP AMAZON—FOR ABSURD REASON: they wouldn’t publish a book critical of covid lockdowns. AMZN then said it would print the book.

eGROCERY SALES GREW 5.5-FOLD IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS (+$5.4B). After covid ends, do big box grocers really want to keep paying pickers to do

2 WALMART EMPLOYEES STABBED WHEN THEY TRY TO STOP A MAN WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY STEALING CANDY & A SOFT DRINK. WMT manual tells staff to

“IF BLACKS CAN’T BREATHE, AMERICA CAN’T BREATHE.” Former selectman Bill Forbes, Anna Morrison. George Floyd Rally Greenfield, MA Read more on Facebook

A HOME DEPOT IN MY STATE FINED $22,000 for excavating soil contaminated with lead & arsenic without notifying the state. HD has a long enviro

WALMART HIDES ITS GUNS DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD STREET UNREST. Firearms & ammo still for sale at WMT, despite mass shootings inside its stores. If

3 AMAZON WAREHOUSE WORKERS FILE COVID LAWSUIT: employees “were…encouraged to continue attending work & prevented from adequately washing their hands or sanitizing their workstations.” Workers

AT ITS (VIRTUAL) ANNUAL MTG, WMT CEO SAYS: “Despite operating in a difficult & volatile environment, our associates have been amazing. They have performed incredibly

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