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AMZN FINED $1.3 B BY ITALY for “exploiting its dominant position against independent sellers on its website.” EU clamps down on antitrust rules, while US

ATHENA SETS UP DONATION SITE FOR 6 AMAZN WORKERS WHO DIED IN WAREHOUSE: “100% of donations go directly to AMZN workers or families… killed, injured

BAD WEEK FOR AMZN: Tornado destroys a 2 y.o. warehouse, & Cloud service goes down, causing “cascading outages…from Disney amusement parks & Netflix videos to

AT LEAST 2 AMZN WORKERS DIE IN TORNADO WHICH GUTTED WAREHOUSE. “It appears that the damage runs right through the center of the facility. The

AMZN WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES 25 MILES EAST OF ST LOUIS. “Mass casualty incident.” Some will call it an Act of God, others will blame Bezos for

IF YOU THOUGHT DOLLAR TREE SOLD ITEMS FOR $1.00–YOU’RE 25% WRONG. It’s now the $1.25 store. The “fixed-price point store” has upped the ante. DT

“IN A YEAR & A HALF ELON MUSK has increased his wealth from $25 B to nearly $300 B—more money than ten million people making

WALMART PAYS $65 M TO SETTLE CLASS LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY ITS CASHIERS. Cashiers charged WMT was forcing them to stand all day with no seating

SALES ON SMALL BIZ SATURDAY 11/27 REACHED $23.3 B—up 19% from pre-pandemic. Big Media focus on “Black Friday Best Deals” at Big Retail hurts small

So this is one of Greenfield’s “at large counselors.” This was her response of support after I displayed photos of the deteriorating conditions of the

In this photo, I am ten, in my knockoff polo with a dinosaur instead of a stupid alligator. My dad is around 37, in his

COMMON CAUSE & BUSINESS FORWARD GOT 729 SMALL BIZ TO SUPPORT THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT: “strengthens voting rights, enhances election security, prevents corruption in

DO OVER: 6,000 AMZN WORKERS AT AL. WAREHOUSE GRANTED A NEW UNION ELECTION. NLRB cites “misconduct” by AMZN during 1st election. A union will help

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24 YEAR OLD MAN SHOT & KILLED AT ENTRANCE TO OHIO WMT. Retailer can’t keep its premises safe. https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-police-investigating-fatal-shooting-at-west-side-walmart local12.com Read more on Facebook

61 YEAR OLD MAN IN WHEELCHAIR SHOT 9 TIMES BY TUCSON COP AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING A TOOLBOX AT WMT. Man was cuffed as he lay

“SMALL RETAILERS HAVE BEEN SQUEEZED OUT throughout the pandemic & are at a significant disadvantage navigating the current supply chain crisis, rising inflation & the

SMASH & GRAB FLASH MOB HITS HOME DEPOT: “20 males from 15 to 20 years old pulled up to the store in up to 10

BLACK FRIDAY SALES DROP FROM 2020: “Online & brick-&-mortar retailers rang up $8.9B in sales on Friday, down from the record of about $9B spent”

WMT DRONE DELIVERIES ARE COMING SOON TO A SKY NEAR YOU. “Conducting drone deliveries at scale is within reach…when it comes to the future of

US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS FTC “is going rogue & engaging in regulatory overreach that is accelerating uncertainty & threatening our fragile economic recovery.” If

25 DEMANDS ON AMAZON THAT ACTIVISTS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE PUSHING TODAY to make AMZN a better place for worker’s rights: cloud.progressive.international Read more on

FTC VOTES TO ENFORCE RIGHT TO REPAIR LAWS, so consumers will be able to repair their own smart phones & cars. Apple quickly said it

AMZN IS THE LARGEST US CLOTHING RETAILER, but it publishes no info on the chemicals it uses in making its clothing, which can take a

141,000 WORKERS AT HILTON NOW HAVE “AMAZON CARE,” getting “virtual meetings with clinicians…house calls” in several urban areas. Is Dr. AMZN frictionless health care? Amazon’s

AMZN SETTLES COVID LAWSUIT IN CA.: workers to get “notifications… of the exact number of new Covid cases in their workplaces within 1 day… &

ACTOR FACES BLOWBACK FOR APPEARING IN AMZN AD PROMOTING WAREHOUSE WORK. Exploitation is the reality. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news18.com/amp/news/buzz/terry-crews-starred-in-a-peppy-work-for-amazon-ad-and-no-one-bought-it-4433993.html Read more on Facebook