April 2021

COVID PUSHES SHOPPERS TO AMZN. Senate needs to pass PRO Act. Now! Don’t allow a repeat of Amazon’s union-busting tactics: Pass the PRO Act now!

INFO-GRAPHIC FROM AMERICANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS: If you earn less than $400,000 you will not pay higher taxes for Biden’s American Families Plan. But here’s

SAM WALTON SAID OFTEN “Respect for the individual” was key to his biz strategy. One WMT worker told me: “I believe that’s true. I just

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH TODAY OF THE LOCAL DRIVER COOP taking place in Toronto, NYC, SF & LA. Gig drivers “Caravan of Courage” gets in

“CARAVAN OF COURAGE” IS TODAY with gig drivers driving past UBER/LYFT in 4 cities. No more exploitation. Here are some of the virtual press conference

WALMART SAYS: “We have a responsibility to help bring about change beyond the walls of our company.” Inside their walls are 848,574 woman hourly workers,

NEW TRAININGS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS offered by US Dept. of Labor. The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act provide protections

JEFF BEZOS WANTS AMAZON TO BE “Earth’s Best Employer & Earth’s Safest Place to Work.” Maybe he should start clean on Mars instead. Jeff Bezos

“OUR EMPLOYEES,” SAYS BEZOS, “are sometimes accused of being desperate souls & treated as robots. That’s not accurate.” Is he saying his workers are lying?

Non-essential retailers in Ontario have been closed for 180 days…”very little cash on hand & mounting debt, [they]would benefit from: relief from municipal taxes/utilities; low

GIG DRIVERS FIND A NEW ROUTE to bypass Uber & Lyft exploitation. “Caravan of Courage” happens April 29th. I am proud to be speaking at

HOME DEPOT CUSTOMERS in 5 states said HD contractors failed to use lead paint-safe practices. Fed judge has approved a $21M fine against HD to

UNION SAYS 456 ESSENTIAL GROCERY WORKERS HAVE DIED from Covid & 91,400 infected. “Too many states are failing to ensure food workers have vaccine access.”

THIS USED TO BE A HOME DEPOT in Brattleboro, VT. It’s been empty now for 13 years. It was an “underperforming” store—hitting only 30% of

ANOTHER AMZN WAREHOUSE UNION BATTLE is brewing, this one in a labor-friendly state with a new worker-run “local union” strategy. It just might work. Staten

AMZN OFFERS FAMILIES OF WORKERS who died from Covid, 2 months of free counseling—but workers want those families to get $200,000 from AMZN instead. Staten

“STAY AT HOME CONSUMERS” were the online shoppers during the pandemic that AMZN & WMT had the resources to serve. Wharton prof. says many brick

AMAZON GETS IN YOUR HAIR, opening ITS 1st. hair salon in London. There are 973,112 hair salons in the US, a $47 B industry—mostly small

WALMART GOES CRUISING, investing in GM’s self-driving Cruise cars for “a last mile delivery ecosystem that’s fast, low-cost & scalable,” to make grocery home deliveries—&

UNION SAYS AMZN THREATENED TO LAYOFF WORKERS, & close the warehouse if the union won. “AMZN made people afraid to vote for the union.” It

APRIL 29: GIG DRIVERS’ “CARAVAN OF COURAGE” shifts into the passing lane beyond Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Instacart &Door Dash . 4 cities: New York,

Inspire Brands, owned by Roark Capitol, owns Dunkin’, Jimmy Johns, Arby’s, Sonic, & Buffalo Wild Wings. “We were successful in our advocacy efforts to remove

“HAVING A STABLE, RELIABLE JOB is important…a consistent, predictable schedule that makes it easy for associates to plan for all of the important things going

WAREHOUSE SPRAWL IS EVERYWHERE, “supply chain expansion” to deliver online purchases. Home Depot opens 3 new warehouses in FL. 332,000 sf size is worse than

AFTER FORCING ITS WORKERS into part-time, unpredictable schedules for 59 years, WMT now says “we expect 2/3rds of our U.S. hourly store roles will be

CORP. TAX COLLECTIONS in the US at historic lows—below what other countries collect. U.S. incentivizes shifting profits offshore. 200 companies report net income of $2

IF A CITY COUNCIL OR SCHOOL COMM. EVER MAKES A MISTAKE, we can gather signatures to hold a referendum. But that’s about to get 4X

BIDEN’S “MADE IN AMERICA TAX PLAN” will “level the playing field” bet. small biz & multinationals… reward investment at home & shift how countries around

A GIG DRIVER COOPERATIVE REVVING UP IN CANADA & U.S. could ultimately drive Uber & Lyft off the road. I am honored to be part

HALF OF THE ALABAMA AMZN warehouse workers did not vote: 3,036 votes were cast out of 5,876 eligible voters. 30% of eligible voters were anti-union—but

WALMART WANTS TO REPLACE closed McDonald’s & Subway stores with “new & exciting brands” like Domino’s & Taco Bell. Since when is corporate pizza new

UNION FILES COMPLAINT WITH NLRB that AMZN interfered with the right of warehouse employees to a “free and fair election,” & interfered with the right

AFTER AMAZON’S VICTORY OVER THE UNION, “if policymakers do not reform our nation’s labor law system, then they are effectively denying workers a meaningful right

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS? Found in a Greenfield attic. metal engraving, maybe bronze. message me if you know background. Read

COURT MAKES WMT PAY $115 M TO LAB which “uses sensors to track perishable food shipments…through the supply chain to the store shelves,” measuring freshness.

INDIANA DEVELOPER who forced a 1M sf Amazon warehouse on the small town (13,198 pop) of Schodack, NY, now wants to ruin another 41 acres

UBER OWNS SHARES OF 2 ASIAN RIDE/DELIVERY companies, Didi & Grab. Uber makes $$ twice: selling its Asian business to competitors, then keeping shares in

“I FOUND IT COMPLETELY DISCOURAGING to find a bunch of corporate CEOs getting in the middle of politics,” says Mitch McConnell. “My advice to the

AFTER PANDEMIC, AS MORE CONSUMERS SWITCH TO ONLINE SHOPPING, 150,000 US retailers could close over the next 5 years. If you’re not online, you’re off.

YOUNG ASIAN COUPLE approached by man who “made racist and vulgar remarks to the couple and then picked up a piece of wood and said,

BIG TECH COMPANIES EMBRACE PROGRESSIVE ISSUES to stave off anti-trust efforts to break up Big Tech, a ploy “to buy political support for policies that

AFTER 3 DECADES, WMT & McDONALDS are “steadily unwinding their partnership.” Almost 90% of Micky D’s have moved out of WMT—and I’m lovin’ it! https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/mcdonalds-to-close-hundreds-of-walmart-locations/598134/

WITH 70% OF VOTES COUNTED, Amazon holds “wide margin” against unionization based on NLRB tally. Just as Congress considers bill to make unionization process easier.

SBA OPENS $16.5 B IN GRANTS for “shuttered arts & culture”venues for: payroll, rent, utilities, mortgage. Apply for up to $10 M. For first 2

“THIS IS DEFINITELY A CRISIS. We can’t find people and we don’t know where the candidates are.” As restaurants prep to reopen, they’re starving for

YOU WOULD THINK THAT AMAZON, which marks its 27th birthday this July, & which took a net zero carbon Climate Pledge, would have stopped sending