February 2021

6,000 AMAZON WORKERS AT A WAREHOUSE IN ALABAMA BEGIN VOTING TODAY ON UNIONIZATION, after NLRB denies AMZN attempt to delay a mail-in vote. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/05/amazon-loses-effort-to-halt-alabama-union-drive-voting-begins-next-week.html Read

IN RESPONSE TO CA. CITY LAW REQUIRING 4 MONTHS OF $4/HR COVID ‘HEROES PAY’ FOR GROCERY WORKERS, KROGER CLOSES STORES—including, ironically—a ‘Food 4 Less’. As

WALMART BUYS DIGITAL AD COMPANY to help small biz buy display ads on WMT platforms. But it’s chasing Amazon, Google & Facebook which already earn

WALMART IS GIVING VACCINE AT 150 STORES ACROSS AMERICA. That’s 3% OF ITS 4,756 US stores. 97% of stores have nothing. Rollout, or rollover? https://wreg.com/news/want-a-covid-19-vaccine-walmart-is-now-offering-appointments-online/

HOME DEPOT FOLLOWING AMAZON’S PLAYBOOK. Every word in this press release could have been written by Jeff Bezos. More huge fulfillment center sprawl. https://ir.homedepot.com/news-releases/2021/02-02-2021-130448083 Read

FED JUDGE TOSSES OUT WALMART LAWSUIT, WHICH SOUGHT TO TOSS OUT A DOJ LAWSUIT CHARGING WMT FILLED THOUSANDS OF INVALID OPIOID RXS. Walmart now feels

TWO BILLBOARDS, in Texas & Missouri, calling on voters to urge Congress to EXPEL SENS. TED CRUZ & JOSH HAWLEY “for inciting insurrection [on Jan.

HERE’S WSJ’S AIR-BRUSHED BIO OF JEFF BEZOS IN 15 SLIDES. Nothing about exploiting workers, stealing drivers’ tips, fighting unions, copying products sold on their platform.Just

RAISING THE MIN WAGE TO $15/HR BY 2025 WOULD GIVE 32 MILLION AMERICANS AN ANNUAL PAY INCREASE OF $3,300. https://edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2021-01-26%20Raise%20the%20Wage%20Act%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Read more on Facebook

Governor Baker has one of the worst track records on elderly issues since I began in home care in 1980. Read more on Facebook

CHEF SAYS RESTAURANT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN “CANNIBALIZING ITSELF by joining delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash, & UberEats.” Chicago has a delivery fee cap of 15%—but

TO COUNTER BAD PUBLICITY OVER HIGH FEES,UBER EATS HIRES WAYNE’S WORLD, OFFERS $20 M “EAT LOCAL” campaign + $5,000 grants to restaurants enrolled in Uber

AMAZON WILL PAY FTC $61 M TO SETTLE CHARGE THAT IT POCKETED CUSTOMER TIPS AND USED THEM TO PAY WAGES OF ITS FLEX DRIVERS. Could

AFTER 27 YEARS OF DOING “CRAZY THINGS,” BEZOS STEPS DOWN AS AMZN CEO, to focus on Washington Post & Blue Origin, which could make him

BEZOS’ CHEAP ADVICE: “When you think about the things that you will regret when you’re 80, they’re almost always the things that you did not

VACCINE MESSAGE FOR CONGRESS: “The reason for vaccine shortages is pharma corps. are allowed to make profits from vaccines whose research was funded by taxpayers.”

BUY AMERICAN, OR BYE, AMERICAN? Unions in New York State want WMT to pressure GE-SAVANT not to move its lightbulb plant from Ohio to China.

ON JAN 28, A MAN USED CAMPING FUEL TO SET 4 FIRES IN A CO. WALMART. The same day a man used lighter fluid to