TRUMP PUTS 5 AMZN FOREIGN SITES ON A BLACKLIST FOR SELLING COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS. AMZN says Trump’s “purely political act” advances a “personal vendetta against Amazon,”
WARREN/AOC FILE BILL TO PAUSE ALL LARGE (>$100 M) CORP. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS “until the FTC determines that small businesses, workers, & consumers are no
INSTEAD OF A COVID RELIEF PLAN THAT PUTS $ IN THE HANDS OF BIG CORP CEO’S & BANKS, “Congress must …protect workers & communities—not corporate
WORKERS ARE WALKING OFF THE JOB ON MAY DAY in coordinated actions at Amazon, Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, FedEx, and Instacart, demanding hazard pay, PPE
WHOLE FOODS WORKERS REPORT 254 CONFIRMED COVID CASES & 2 DEATHS ACROSS 132 STORES. “Whole Foods has no current policy in place to inform the
GOVT. IN QUEBEC LAUNCHES “BLUE BASKET” WEBSITE TO LURE CANADIAN SHOPPERS FROM AMAZON TO LOCAL RETAILERS. “Premier Francois Legault wants to boost Quebec retailers’ digital
AFTER 20 WORKERS HAVE DIED FROM COVID IN MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS, THE UFCW WANTS BETTER PROTECTIONS & OPPOSES TRUMP FORCING UNSAFE PLANTS TO REOPEN. Workers
MORE THAN 9 OUT 10 COVID DEATHS IN MA. ARE OVER AGE 60. WHMP interview with Al Norman: why the nursing facility model doesn’t work
WALMART OPENS 2 DRIVE- THRU COVID TESTING SITES IN TEXAS, HOPES TO OPEN 48 MORE. I wouldn’t let WMT touch my car—much less my body.
ROLEX 1967 CHRONOMETER FOR SALE. Purchased 53 years ago. One owner, who is older than the watch. Keeps accurate time. Original registration papers included. Replaced
WALMART IN COLORADO SHUT DOWN AFTER 3 COVID DEATHS. “Too many people in the store…Employees were not wearing masks or covering their faces…Everyone was standing
4% OF SMALL BUSINESS PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANS WERE FOR > $1 M FOR BIG BIZ, EATING UP 44% ($349B) of the money. Banks made
AMAZON WAREHOUSE WORKERS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS BEFORE & DURING COVID. AMZN is clearly concerned about public perception, so they’re buying ads to
IN 3 MONTHS, COVID HAS DESTROYED MORE RETIREMENT INCOME THAN THE 2008 RECESSION. $2T of retirement income lost in 2008 vs. $3.8 T lost in
“TURBULENT ROLLOUT” OF PPP SMALL BUSINESS LOANS. $170 M returned by 13 big companies frees up 825 new loans. Fiasco. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-dozen-public-companies-give-back-160-million-in-small-business-stimulus-money-others-say-theyll-keep-it-11587831790 Read more on Facebook
GLOBAL GARMENT FACTORIES SHUT DOWN BY COVID. LABOR ADVOCATES WANT COMPANIES LIKE WALMART TO PAY FOR ORDERS IN PRODUCTION & create funds “to sustain worker’s
AMAZON SAYS EMPLOYEES HAVE THE RIGHT TO “DECIDE WHETHER UNION REPRESENTATION IS RIGHT FOR THEM…every individual is empowered to share feedback directly” with management. But
MARKEY WARNS AMZN ABOUT COVID “PRICE GOUGING & LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.”“A pack of 24 2oz. bottles of Purell hand sanitiser, typically selling for < $10
PANDEMIC SHOPPERS ONLINE ARE BUYING MORE GROCERIES & HEALTH PRODUCTS, & LESS CLOTHING/SHOES. Makes sense: people bored at home are eating more. Netflix is up,
GOODBYE JC PENNEY, MACY’S, LORD&TAYLOR,NEIMAN MARCUS. Department stores devastated by AMZN, WMT, and now Covid. “The genre is toast.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/coronavirus-department-stores-neiman-marcus.html?referringSource=articleShare Read more on Facebook
JEFF BEZOS’ PERSONAL FORTUNE SOARS DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. Bezos owns an 11.2% stake in AMZN. That stock’s surge throughout 2020 added nearly $24
TWO WOMEN HAVE FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN US DISTRICT COURT IN OAKLAND CA CHARGING AMZN WITH PRICE GOUGING DURING A PANDEMIC & VIOLATING
MASS. DPH TOLD TOWNS TO CONCEAL COVID DATA: “If you choose to share numbers of cases or deaths…not including any information other than the case
FIRED AMAZON WORKER TELLS BEZOS: “I don’t give a damn about your power…We’re the ones that have the power…We make money for you. Never forget
MASS. FINALLY RELEASES COVID CASES IN NURSING FACILITIES. The numbers are flawed—but 95% of deaths are among people 60+. Mass. pausing part of its nursing
“ELDERS ARE LOOKING AT THE DEATH NUMBERS IN OUR STATE, and they’re getting increasingly concerned by the day… A lot of elders I’m running into
LOW WAGE MEAT PROCESSING WORKERS RISK THEIR LIVES TO BRING YOU CHICKEN BREASTS. Tyson workers in GA. & IA die from covid. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/17/chicken-factory-tyson-arkansas-food-workers-coronavirus Read more
“FOR DECADES WALMART WAS VIEWED AS THE BIG, BAD BULLY OF RETAIL…TERRIBLE FOR MAIN ST. SHOPS…Amazon now carries the Walmart mantle…being blamed for forcing mom-and-pop
RUTH CHRIS’ STEAKHOUSE HAS 1OO LOCATIONS IN AMERICA WITH MORE THAN 5,700 EMPLOYEES. THEY WERE GIVEN A $20 MILLION COVID LOAN BY THE SBA—WHILE HUNDREDS
FRENCH COURT RULING FORCES AMAZON TO SHUT DOWN ALL 6 WAREHOUSES for a week after unions filed covid worker safety complaint. AMZN faces huge fines.
YOU CAN USE YOUR SNAP EBT CARD ONLINE TO BUY GROCERIES without going into the store. USDA is rolling out online SNAP to more states—but
27 YEARS LATER, BIG BOX STORES ARE STILL THE DRACULAS OF RETAILING. Haven’t we learned the dangers of relying on a 6,700 mile supply chain
80% OF TAX BREAKS IN NEW CORONA RELIEF BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS WENT TO 43,000 MILLIONAIRES. 3% went to households making less than $100 K.
ECONOMIST/YOU GOV POLL SAYS ONLY 18% of those age 65+ say a covid recession would have a “very serious” impact on their personal finances. These
HERE’S HOW DESPERATE THE AMERICAN WORKER HAS BECOME: In 1 month, one million people applied for temp jobs as cashiers, stockers & personal shoppers at
SANDERS CALLS TRUMP “THE MOST DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY… my job now is… to do everything I can…to see that (Trump) is not
TRUMP URGES STATES TO LIFT COVID RESTRICTIONS. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/apr/17/liberate-trump-urges-states-lift-virus-restriction/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=midday-4-17-20&utm_content=midday-4-17-20+CID_041f584f1c8cd9c7beda48e5954b8134&utm_source=Email%20Marketing%20Platform&utm_term=LIBERATE%20Trump%20urges%20states%20to%20lift%20virus%20restrictions Read more on Facebook
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH $349 B PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM: funds meant for small biz and self-employed grabbed by Big Biz. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2963901001 Read more
10 DAYS AGO I ASKED THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVT. TO RELEASE COVID 19 DATA BY SPECIFIC NURSING FACILITY & PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM. NEARLY HALF THE
TRUMP SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH WALL ST BANKERS & CORP. CEOs to advise him on reopening America. (He couldn’t find any small biz or union reps.)
DONALD TRUMP WAS MENTORED BY ROY COHN & ROGER STONE TO NEVER ADMIT A MISTAKE AND NEVER—EVER—ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG. Read more
WALMART CEO DODGES ABC REPORTER’S QUESTION: “Is it time—beyond just temporary bonuses—to do more for the Walmart employees so they can have a piece of
ORDER YOUR COVID 19 TEST KIT FROM AMAZON? Our govt. has botched covid testing so badly, AMZN “has hatched plans to build its own Covid-19
INCARCERATED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE GOUGED BY PHONE COMPANIES CHARGING EXORBITANT FEES TO PHONE THEIR LOVED ONES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC—OR ANYTIME. Watch my video:
COVID HAS BEEN A WINDFALL FOR AMAZON STOCK—so many people ordering food online the company had to impose a waiting list. But sick workers at
CORONA PUSHED U.S. ONLINE GROCERY SALES VOLUME UP 210% FROM MARCH 12 to 15 vs. last year. But it forces stores to hire pickers to
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IT’S A MYTH: CORONA DOES NOT AFFECT RICH & POOR ALIKE. “The lower paid members of our workforce…are more likely to catch the disease because
TRUMP WANTS TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY by slashing the payroll contribution from employers & employees. The rich win big. https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/status/1247656626024263680?link_id=9&can_id=bf105c37430844170c83cc823f42ff2a&source=email-defund-social-security&email_referrer=email_771934&email_subject=defund-social-security Read more on Facebook
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.