BERNIE TWEETS: “Taxpayer dollars should not go to companies like AMZN & multi-billionaires like Jeff Bezos who repeatedly break the law to defeat union organizing
THE COUNTDOWN IS ALMOST OVER: In 2 days the city of Greenfield will take title to 42 properties for delinquent taxes. Two of them are
WMT FIRED A FEMALE EMPLOYEE WITH DOWN SYNDROME WHO HAD WORKED THERE FOR 16 YEARS. Six years later, the employee won $125 M in her
SEND BEZOS A POSTCARD: During the pandemic, Jeff Bezos has seen his wealth balloon to $190 billion―a $77 billion leap. Under President Biden’s billionaires income
MY DAUGHTER, WINTER MILLER, IS QUOTED IN PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE: “Winter Miller, author of the just-released children’s book Not a Cat—which features a presumed cat, Gato,
SORE LOSERS! AMZN BLAMES “INAPPROPRIATE & UNDUE INFLUENCE BY THE NLRB” for its unionization loss on Staten Island. Today a second AMZN warehouse on Staten
AMZN IS THE #1 COMPANY WHERE AMERICANS WANT TO WORK IN 2022—according to LinkedIn. Workers around the globe are fighting to “link in” a union
A 31 YEAR OLD CT. MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, CARRYING A DANGEROUS WEAPON, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT & BREACH OF PEACE after stabbing a female WMT
A “WIDESPREAD THEFT RING” AT HOME DEPOTS ACROSS 5 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES TOOK MONTHS FOR PUBLICALLY-FUNDED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SOLVE. Cops, Highway Patrol, District Attorney
AMZN IN FRANCE IS FACING UNIONIZATION PRESSURE AT 8 MAJOR LOGISTICS CENTERS. A coalition of unions support AMZN workers demanding a “salary increase in line
COVID CREATED A MONSTER: In 2004, AMZN had 11 “fulfillment” warehouses worldwide. By start of 2022, it had 410 fulfillment centers, 168 sortation centers, 1,055
THE PRACTICE OF TAKING A HOMEOWNERS ENTIRE EQUITY TO SETTLE A TAX ARREARS CASE MUST END. We have enough homelessness already, we don’t need to
CAMPAIGNS IN SEVERAL STATES ARE UNDERWAY TO END THE PRACTICE OF “HOME EQUITY THEFT.” https://greenfieldrecorder-ma-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=0a3927a0f_1348428 Read more on Facebook
AMZN WINS ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE AG IN WASH. D.C. AG said AMZN forced merchants on its website to sell products at the lowest
B average? No abortion for you, kiddo! Your grades aren’t high enough to not be a parent. You may not have this abortion, because you
CONSUMERS RETURNED $761 B IN MERCHANDISE IN 2021, MORE THAN THE U.S. SPENT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE ($741 B.) AMZN alone had almost $94 B in
THANKS TO “OCCUPY THE AIRWAVES” FOR INVITING ME ON THEIR SHOW. THINK LOCALLY. LISTEN LOCALLY! https://archive.org/details/occupy-the-airwaves-3.14.2022-al-norman Read more on Facebook
JANIKKA PERRY, 38, collapsed at the end of her shift at an Arkansas Walmart. She lay on the bathroom floor for 2 hours before anyone
AMERICAN AUTHOR MARK CRAMER (OLD MAN ON A GREEN BIKE) BICYCLING IN RURAL FRANCE asks a postwoman:”Do you have more and more e-commerce packages?” “That’s
U.S. HOUSE PASSED THE AFFORDABLE INSULIN NOW ACT. 193 Republicans voted NO on capping co-pays for insulin at $35, NO on allowing the federal govt.
AMZN WHACKS SMALL BIZ SELLERS WITH 5% HIKE IN “FULFILLMENT” FEES, blames inflated wages & construction of more warehouses. Indep. sellers make up > half
WANT TO TALK TO A THERAPIST FOR AN HOUR? Head over to Walmart Health with a $60 fee ($1 per min.) MD, Dental, Eye care
FRENCH ACTIVIST GROUP ATTAC HAS BEEN FIGHTING AMAZON. AMERICAN AUTHOR MARC CRAMER, A MEMBER OF ATTAC, SHARES THIS 2019 VIDEO of Attac occupying Amazon HQ
THIS IS ONE MORE REASON WHY ITS NO FUN TO SHOP AT HOME DEPOT. Knife-wielding man threatens to cut HD worker. Crime all the time.
BIDEN VS. AMZN: “The choice to join a union belongs to workers alone,” Biden said in remarks at the national conference of North America’s Building
HOME DEPOT WANTS TO BUILD A NEW STORE IN OAKLAND, CA. WHICH WILL CANNIBALIZE A HD STORE 1.7 MILES AWAY, & A 2ND HD 4.7
I hope you will join us this Monday, 6-8 pm at the Elks Club for the GREENFIELD CITIZENS FORUM. All ideas and opinions are welcome.
AN 18 Y.O. GIRL WAS KIDNAPPED FROM A WALMART PARKING LOT IN NEVADA, & MURDERED by a man who “did hold or detain her for
I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS: “Child care workers in the U.S. are paid $13.51/hour and home health care workers are paid
THIS KIND OF HEADLINE DRIVES HOME DEPOT CRAZY. “The man had a knife and took the woman’s money and car.” Where’s the security in the
FRIENDS—THIS FB PAGE HAS BEEN CLONED. DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY RECENT “FRIEND” REQUESTS FROM ME. If you respond, you will be entered into a
AMZN TRIED TO PORTRAY THE UNION AS A “3RD PARTY,” but the ALU was their co-workers. “I’m just the interim president,” the union leader said.
WALMART IS CLOSING 2 SUPERSTORES NEAR CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE BECAUSE OF “historic and current financial performance.” Just a few weeks notice, local officials are scrambling.
AMZN LOSES A BIG UNION VOTE! Amazon Labor Union (ALU) President Christian Smalls, who was fired by AMZN on Staten Island, said: “We want to
AMZN IS THE FOOL TODAY. A SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGE HAS RULED THAT AMZN CAN’T BUILD A HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: the commercial use of a
MORE THAN A THIRD (35%) OF WALMART’S “GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY HUBS” ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF AMERICA: in places like Bangalore, Chennai, & Gurgaon, India; San Jose,
YOU SIMPLY WON’T BELIEVE HOW CORPORATIONS ARE USING THE COURTS TO PROHIBIT WORKERS’ FREE SPEECH & RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY—making strikes almost impossible to conduct: WATCH
PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED AN “ANTI-LYNCHING” BILL INTO LAW TODAY—A BILL THAT TOOK MORE THAN A CENTURY TO PASS. In my 2018 book RAVINGS, I noted
THAT CRUNCHY SLAW YOU BOUGHT ATTRADER JOE’s —IS CRUNCHY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS PLASTIC! The retailer says: “please do not eat it. We urge you to
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE WMT + MEMBERSHIP PLAN, IT WILL COST YOU $98/YR. But if you work for plantation wages at WMT, the
RESTAURANTS ARE SUING GOOGLE claiming its using the businesses’ names & logos to redirect users to popup storefronts from which they can place online takeout
WHAT’S MORE “SHOCKING” ABOUT THIS HEADLINE IS THAT WALMART SEEMS TO BE UNABLE TO CURTAIL THE VIOLENCE that is shooting its corporate image in the
THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS WINTER MILLER’S “NOT A CAT” A “FUN, FURRY LESSON IN REJECTING LABELS & EXPLORING ONE’S OWN IDENTITY.” Read more on
WALMART CONTINUES ITS WAR AGAINST SMALL TOWNS BY TRYING TO LOWER ITS PROPERTY TAXES, VALUING THEM AS IF THEY WERE “DARK STORES” WITH NO SALES.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT MY TURN ABOUT THE ROLE OF CITIZEN INITIATIVES AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY: Read more on Facebook
ILL. WALMART “PARKING LOT LITTERED WITH SHELL CASINGS.” “Especially for kids to have to witness something like that, I’d been terrified,” said one shopper. Just
AFTER YOU READ THE 8 “UNFAIR & DECEPTIVE PRACTICES” BROUGHT IN A LAWSUIT BY THE AG IN WASHINGTON, DC, you may never want to order
NOT A CAT is now in the front window of World Eye bookstore in Greenfield, MA! Get ‘em while they are still warm off the
AFTER 9 MONTHS, CITIZENS IN CHURCHILL, PA, A COMMUNITY OF 3,000 PEOPLE, DEFEATED A 2.6 M SF AMAZON WAREHOUSE. “Amazon is trying to build a
LARGE FIRE AT WMT DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN INDIANA FORCES EVACUATION OF 1,000 WORKERS. Taxpayers pick up cost of 400 firefighters and 65 engines/ladders/tanker trucks. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/19/us/indiana-walmart-distribution-center-fire/index.html
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.