HEALTH OFFICIALS IN ITHACA, NY WARN THAT HOME DEPOT & WALMART WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 and “worked during their infectious period, meaning there
OFFICIAL SAYS NO OTHER COMPANY BROUGHT “SO MANY JOBS TO IOWA SO QUICKLY” AS AMAZON. 1,000 new jobs at this leased warehouse, paying $15/hr, or
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN KANSAS GIVES WALMART $1.9 M IN CASH INCENTIVES TO BUILD A 1.8 M S.F. DISTRIB. CENTER—because WMT doesn’t have enough money
UBER LETS SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE ITS SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE & FLYING TAXI BIZ. It’s selling Advanced Technologies Group to Aurora Innovation & investing $400 M. Uber’s
AMAZON SOLD $309 B ONLINE IN 2020: 1.6 X THE TOTAL ECOMMERCE SALES OF THE OTHER NINE RETAILERS THAT MADE THE TOP 10 LIST COMBINED!
WALMART IS HOSTING A “HOLIDAY DRONE LIGHT SHOW” FEATURING THEIR HUGE “SPARK” LOGO IN THE NIGHT SKY! They are programming you to like the drones
WALMART IS HOSTING A “HOLIDAY DRONE LIGHT SHOW” FEATURING THEIR HUGE “SPARK” LOGO IN THE NIGHT SKY! They are programming you to like the drones
THAT WAREHOUSE THAT SAYS “AMAZON” ON IT—IT’S NOT OWNED BY AMAZON. 97% of the warehouse square footage AMZN uses is leased, not owned. This allows
WHAT’S APP, OWNED BY FACEBOOK, IS THE MOST POPULAR SMART PHONE APP IN INDIA, & is now competing with Google Pay and Walmart’s FlipKart PhonePe
SINCE 1979, WAGES FOR THE BOTTOM 90% HAVE BEEN REDISTRIBUTED UPWARDS. Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 345.2%! The bottom 90% had annual wages
WALMART BRAGS ABOUT ITS 4TH COVID PAY “BONUS.” Part-time workers get $150, full-time workers get $300. Chicken scratch! This = $5.74/week extra pay for full-timers.
> HALF OF THE 5 MILLION FEDERAL PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOANS to small businesses went to 600 large companies, including dozens of national chains. Of the
TO ATTRACT MORE WALMART+ MEMBERS, as of Dec 4, members will get free next-day & 2-day shipping — no more $35 min. order. Got to
NJ COUPLE SUES HOME DEPOT over 2 year home improvement “nightmare.” “We don’t want any of their contractors in our home as they were not
THE UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS representing 1.3 M workers in grocery stores, renewed its call for improved COVID-19 protections, & reinstating hazard pay. UFCW
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENTS BUYS 45% SHARE OF $625M AMAZON BLACKFOOT TOWER IN SEATTLE. Whether they like it or not, 20 M Canadians now are
HERE’S ANOTHER OF THOSE “BEST DEALS” NEWS WEBSITES that says in small print “CNET editors pick the products & services we write about. When you
45 STATES SUED HOME DEPOT OVER HACKED FINANCIAL DATA OF 40 M CUSTOMERS IN 2014. HD PAYS $17.5 M TO SETTLE, must “enact more stringent
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.