
Accessory dwelling units now ‘by right’ in Greenfield
GREENFIELD, MA. HOMEOWNERS: 52 DAYS AGO THE CITY COUNCIL STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR RIGHT UNDER STATE LAW TO JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS BY ALLOWING A ONE
GREENFIELD, MA. HOMEOWNERS: 52 DAYS AGO THE CITY COUNCIL STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR RIGHT UNDER STATE LAW TO JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS BY ALLOWING A ONE
INSTEAD OF RAISING WAGES, AMAZON GIVES ITS WORKERS “A SPECIAL ONE-TIME THANK YOU BONUS” & puts out a press release bragging about the bonus “totaling
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS CLOSE 4 STORES IN LITTLE ROCK, WANT WALMART TO PAY ITS WORKERS BETTER. “We feel like that’s wrong for a company
UBER BUYS POSTMATES FOR $2.6 B. Postmates delivers groceries, pharmacy items, alcoholic drinks & party supplies. “Anything you want delivered to your home, Uber is
OFF-DUTY UNIVERSITY COP SHOOTS ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER AT OK. WALMART. Vigilante justice. The man had a receipt. https://www.koco.com/article/police-respond-to-del-city-walmart-after-shooting-caught-on-camera-in-parking-lot/33179567# Read more on Facebook
WALMART UNVEILS “AMAZON PRIME KILLER” MEMBERSHIP PLAN. WMT’s plan is < 6 cents cheaper per day. Amazon Prime has a 15 year, 150 million member
TOM BRADY, WHO LIVES IN A $33M HOME, SIGNED A $50M FOOTBALL CONTRACT, WAS GIVEN AN SBA PPP LOAN FOR AT LEAST $350K. Brady caught
“DEFUND WALMART.” BLACK LIVES MATTERS SHUTS DOWN 2 WALMARTS IN ARKANSAS. “Walmart is destroying public education.” https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/05/jacksonville-walmart-closes-after-protest/ Read more on Facebook
PARIS HILTON RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, declared her candidacy…saying “she would want to surround herself with ‘hot’ staff who would be ‘honest’ and tell you when
AMAZON DRIVER DERICK LANCASTER QUITS HIS JOB, LEAVES TRUCK IN MICHIGAN FULL OF PACKAGES & KEYS IN THE IGNITION. “He said he would often deliver
AMAZON IS BUILDING A “SMALL” (110,000) sf distribution center in Greenville, WI (pop. 12,300), 146 miles north of its DCs in Kenosha & Beloit, &
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT FINDS 2 NOOSES AT HOME DEPOT. “We’ve had some instances where spooled rope was used to create hate symbols & we’re not
FACEBOOK POSTS 529 ADS FROM TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VOTER FRAUD, like Democrats are “stuffing the ballot boxes with FAKE and FRAUDULENT votes.”
AMERICA IS EXPLODING, LONGING FOR REAL INDEPENDENCE FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED & ABUSED BY AN ELITIST GOVERNMENT CLINGING TO END-STAGE CAPITALISM.
IF YOU KNOW AN ELDERLY/DISABLED PERSON ON MASSHEALTH WHO HAS PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS (PCAs), HERE’S A WAY TO GET FREE GLOVES FOR ELDERS & THEIR
U.S. IS GETTING SPRAWLED BY HUGE AMAZON WAREHOUSES, as much as 5 times bigger than a WMT superstore. In Queens & Brooklyn, NY, Kansas City,
FACEBOOK FACES AD BOYCOTT OVER HATE SPEECH. “We are asking all businesses to…not advertise on Facebook’s services in July.“ “Facebook is not committed to change.
PANDEMIC NOVELISTS: Here is the perfect machine for you! Read more on Facebook
WALMART LABS LEASES 162,300 SF OF OFFICE SPACE IN NO. VIRGINIA FOR TECH HUB—SHORT DRIVE FROM AMAZON HQ & MICROSOFT. WMT imitates everything AMZN does.
WALMART HAS PANDEMIC BOREDOM. They’re sponsoring a virtual summer “Camp By Walmart,” hosted by Neal Patrick Harris, plus drive-in movies in their parking lots. Like
31 YEAR OLD WALMART EMPLOYEE WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE ATTACKS WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN RED BLUFF CA. 1 worker killed, shooter killed. Despite Walmart’s long
NORTH ANDOVER BECOMES 4TH MA. CITY TO GIVE TAX WELFARE TO THE COMPANY OWNED BY THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. $27 M in tax
ELON MUSK SAYS “JEFF BEZOS IS A COPY 🐯 ha ha” because AMZN just bought autonomous 🚐 company Zoox for $1.2B. Both of these CEOs
YOU WANT THAT BIG MAC WITH A MASK & GLOVES? “A Chicago judge has ordered McDonald’s to better enforce social distancing & mask wearing at
UBER FACES $400M LAWSUIT AS CANADIAN SUPREME COURT RULES DRIVERS CAN RESOLVE LABOR ISSUES IN ONTARIO COURTS. Workers want to be treated as employees, not
IN 2019, AMZN SPENT $500M & PAID 8,000 WORKERS TO TAKE DOWN 6 BILLION FRAUDULENT PRODUCTS FROM THEIR PLATFORM. How come this counterfeit of my
AFTER YEARS OF COMPLAINTS, AMZN CREATES NEW COUNTERFEIT CRIME UNIT for “preventing the sale of fraudulent items on its platform.” Bad actor company goes after
ESSENTIAL WORKERS? HEROES? GROCERY WORKERS SUFFER AS STORES TALLY UP HUGE PROFITS. “Walmart, Costco, & Whole Foods/Amazon are especially lacking when it comes to responding
OXFAM ACCUSES MAJOR US GROCERY CHAINS OF FAILING TO PROTECT THEIR WORKERS. “3 million mostly low-wage workers…are living paycheck to paycheck, often forced to choose
COVID HAS FORCED WALMART TO CLOSE STORES in Iowa, California, Texas, Louisiana & Massachusetts for “deep cleaning.” But what’s really needed is some “deep transparency”
KING OF WAREHOUSE SPRAWL: AMZN has 180 million sf of US warehouses. “That’s more shipping space than the country’s other top retailers, including Walmart &
WALMART HATES THESE HEADLINES—BUT GUESS WHO HATES THEM MORE? The “very stable genius” in the White House who says if we test fewer people, our
APPLE RECLOSES SOME STORES, BUT WMT, TGT, HD REMAIN OPEN. Fed Bank staffer warns economic rebound from covid may be slow, & unemployment rate will
MAN BARRICADES HIMSELF IN BATHROOM AT HOME DEPOT IN MA. Store shut down for hours. Can you imagine someone doing this at their local hardware
A MESSAGE FOR FATHERS EVERYWHERE… Read more on Facebook
TRUMP FINALLY AGREES TO RELEASE LIST OF BIZ WHO GOT $512B IN PPP LOANS. NFIB fears it will lead to a “public shaming exercise.” Only
CONGRESS CONSIDERS ALLOWING SMALL BIZ WITH <100 EMPLOYEES TO APPLY FOR A 2ND PPP LOAN “if they can show a 50% revenue loss due to
FEDS HAVE $20 B IN PPP SMALL BIZ MONEY LEFT, & BIG BIZ GAVE BACK $12 B THEY DIDN’T NEED. “We’re still in a crisis,”
21% OF WMT’S EMPLOYEES ARE BLACK—BUT LESS THAN 6% OF ITS SENIOR LEVEL MANAGERS ARE BLACK. There’s a “dearth of non-White faces and voices among
“OUR ECONOMY IS SET UP TO REINFORCE CORPORATE POWER…Federal Reserve was eager…to quickly support Wall Street & large corps, smaller businesses…forced to navigate an atrophied
WALMART BUYS CAREZONE APP “that helps individuals & families manage medicine & chronic illness.” All the pharmacy chains, AMZN want that health care dollar. I
SBA EASES PAYROLL PROTECTION LOAN RULES TO ALLOW SOME BIZ OWNERS WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY TO APPLY. https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/06/15/change-in-rule-on-criminal-history-expands-ppp.html?ana=e_tno&b=1592253181%5E21690257 Read more on Facebook
WALMART CONTINUES TO COPYCAT WHATEVER AMAZON DOES. Now they’re copying Amazon Go’s cashierless stores. Robotic machines don’t ask for wage hikes or unions. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/walmart-looks-to-remove-all-cashiers-from-stores Read
WALMART HAS HAD AN UNENVIABLE RECORD ON RACIAL ISSUES FOR YEARS. Everyday low pay, voter suppression, stand your ground laws. Here’s a sample of racial
I TRUST THE ANTI-MONOPOLISTS WHO DOG AMAZON will give equal attention to WMT’s new “Marketplace” with Shopify, because seller platforms should not be owned by
WALMART REPLICATES AMAZON, launches “Walmart Marketplace” with partner Shopify, “focused on small & medium businesses whose assortment complements ours… giving small businesses access to the
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.