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MICHIGAN GOV. ORDERS ALL RETAIL STORES 50,000 SF OR OVER TO CLOSE OFF AREAS OF STORES except for items “that are necessary to maintain the

TRUMP’S BUNGLING DECISIONS WORSENED THE COVID DEATH COUNT: “A lack of planning & a failure to execute, combined with the president’s focus on the news

‪AMAZON TRAINED US TO “EXPECT DIGITAL ORDERS ALMOST INSTANTLY.” Covid has taught us that safety is more important than 1 day shipping. It took a

WANDO VS WALMART: FIRST CORONA LAWSUIT. Family of 15 yr. employee sues for gross negligence. Walmart says it’s “heartbroken,” but begins to insist it’s innocent.

WELLS FARGO SHUTS DOWN ITS SBA COVID LOAN PROGRAM EARLY DUE TO CAP. Millions of Wells Fargo SBEs “stunned.” Payroll loans become grants if used

SMALL BUSINESSES SAY THE COVID BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ISN’T WORKING: “Small businesses have not yet received the funds, which appear unlikely to come for some

SOCIAL DISTANCING AT A LOCAL WALMART? No, these are voters standing in line in Wisconsin, defying the state’s “stay at home” order, risking the spread

THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH TOOK A CAMERA CREW WITH HIM TO AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE TO THANK HIS WORKERS. “I can’t shake your hands,” he

OPERATION REDMAP, & WHY REPUBLICANS DON’T WANT PEOPLE UNDER 65 TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FROM HOME. And don’t mail voters absentee ballots either. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-4-2020

WITH CHARACTERISTIC CLASS, BERNIE MOVES ON: “While Americans have been told, over and over again, how wonderful our employer-based, private insurance system is, those claims

FEDS REFUSE TO PUBLISH CORONA DATA FOR INDIVIDUAL NURSING HOMES, even though CMS found that 36% of nursing facilities inspected recently are not following hand-washing

ABOUT FACE: THIS WEEK (4/1/29), TRUMP’S “TONE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. Trump—who had previously said the coronavirus would soon ‘disappear’…indicated that, even under the administration’s ‘goals of

WALMART IS LIMITING ENTRANCES & EXITS INTO STORES, LIMITING THE # OF PEOPLE INSIDE, ALLOWING WORKERS TO WEAR MASKS, & TAKING WORKER TEMPS. Small merchants

BERNIE’S BOLDEST COVID BILL: 1. maintain paychecks/monthly checks for every person; 2. Guarantee paid health care for all; 3. Use Defense Production Act to make

TWO WALMART WORKERS RECENTLY DIED OF COVID 19 WHILE WORKING AT WALMART. How many other WMT workers have died? Tell your Governor to pressure Walmart

TOO MUCH VOTING? TRUMP TELLS FOX & FRIENDS (3/30): “The things [Democrats] had in [the covid stimulus bill] were crazy. They had levels of voting,

THE NATION’S ECONOMY IS SICK—BUT THE WALTONS ARE SOARING! March sales at WMT spiked +20% and +30% online. Buying frenzy great for a few omni-channel

ON JAN 22, TWO DAYS AFTER THE FIRST REPORTED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE U.S., DONALD TRUMP SAID: “It’s one person coming in from

“THE CORONAVIRUS ISN’T DONALD TRUMP’s FAULT, BUT HOW HE RESPONDED TO IT IS… Donald Trump didn’t take the steps needed to get the testing in

JAY CARNEY, A SVP AT AMAZON, FORMER OBAMA PRESS SECRETARY & VP JOE BIDEN STAFFER, criticizes Bernie Sanders for defending Amazon warehouse workers safety protests.

SHOPPERS” WHO PICK ORDERS FOR TARGET CUSTOMERS & MAKE HOME DELIVERIES, ARE INDEP. CONTRACTORS WHO WORK FOR SHIPT. They want hazard pay, 4 weeks of

WHEN AN AMAZON WORKER IN A STATEN ISLAND WAREHOUSE LED EMPLOYEES TO WALK OFF THE JOB OVER UNSAFE COVID WORKING CONDITIONS-AMAZON FIRED HIM. Here’s how

VERMONT ORDERS BIG BOX STORES LIKE WALMART “to cease in-person sales of non-essential items.” The number of people coming into these big box stores “significantly

NEED A LYFT? FIND YOUR LOCAL AMAZON WAREHOUSE. AMZN is offering to pay idle Lyft drivers $17/hr. to work in their warehouses. “We welcome Lyft

UNDER THE NEW SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, Businesses that have already laid off workers can be forgiven the full loan amt. for payroll costs of

WALMART TELLS WORKERS TO REMEMBER 3 NUMBERS: 6, 20 & 100. 6 feet is the amt. of space people should keep from others to maintain

THIS FOX NEWS PRESIDENTIAL POLL DESERVES A POST ON APRIL FOOLS DAY, because it’s as foolish as DJ TRUMP’S hope that covid would be over

IF YOU HAVE EVER ENJOYED A MEAL AT MAGPIE IN GREENFIELD, please make a generous donation now to the Magpie employee fund, to ensure that

I don’t care what the offense was that led to incarceration—denying any inmate affordable access to their loved ones is a form of cruel &

RESTAURANTS & HOTELS WHICH EMPLOY 500 OR FEWER WORKERS PER SITE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEW PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. Plus Gig workers & indep. contractors—get

“WORKERS SHOULD NOT BE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR POCKET CHANGE.” Instacart workers call company’s response to their strike “a sick joke.” Sick pay, hazard pay,

BEFORE CORONA, US RETAIL SALES WERE PROJECTED TO GROW BY 2.8% THIS YEAR, TO $5.62 T. Now brick & mortar retailers are “downsizing retail footprints

IN 2017, THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA ACCUSED AMZN, IKEA & OTHER CO.s OF BLOCKING OLDER WORKERS FROM SEEING JOB ADS ON FACEBOOK, in violation

INDIA’S COVID LOCKDOWN IDLES AMAZON WAREHOUSES. A 21 day Covid shutdown ends April 15th. (Not likely.) “Most of AMZN’s 60 plus fulfillment centers in India

KROGER OPENS 1st PICK-UP ONLY GROCERY, “ideal for all customers, especially for senior & higher-risk shoppers.” No in-store shopping, employees only fill orders. Kroger is

THE SBA’s ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM provides small businesses with loans of up to $2 M at 3.75%. Even better, the Stimulus bill has

SENs. HARRIS & GILLIBRAND SEND LETTER TO 36 COMPANIES—INCL. WMT, TGT, & DG—TO “PUT PUBLIC HEALTH AHEAD OF PROFITS…provide your employees with 2 weeks of

AMZN, FB, EBay & WMT HAVE BEEN ASKED BY A GROUP OF STATE AGs TO HELP PREVENT CORONA-RELATED PRICE GOUGING as an “ethical obligation and

INCREDIBLE 4 YEAR EFFORT BY U.S. AGs TO BRING CIVIL & CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST WMT FOR ITS OPIOID DISPENSING ABUSES—& HOW TRUMP’S DOJ BLOCKED THEM

PETITION: AS COVID-19 SPREADS, AMZN SHOULD “PROVIDE 100% PAID LEAVE TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WORKS FOR AMZN.” They closed offices & told employees to

CANADA’S FINANCE MINISTER ASKED THE COUNTRY’S BIG BANKS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DEFER MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS DUE TO COVID-19. But instead

IT IS REVEALING THAT THE RICHEST MAN ON THIS SICKLY PLANET IS ASKING HIS WORKERS TO DONATE TIME OFF DAYS TO FELLOW WORKERS WHO NEED

JUST AS INSTACART OFFERS 300,000 NEW PERSONAL SHOPPER JOBS, 15 part time “in-store” Instacart workers who pack food at a Kroger in Skokie, Il. voted

COVID 19 PUSHES CONSUMERS TO BUY HOME-DELIVERED GROCERIES. INSTACART EXPLODES WITH 300,000 NEW PERSONAL SHOPPER “HOUSEHOLD HERO”JOBS! Order volume has jumped more than 150% year

NO SECRET: L BRAND SUSPENDS SALES AT VICTORIA’S SECRET, $6.8 BILLION IN SALES LAST YEAR, TO FOCUS ON BATH & BODY WORKS SOAP & HAND-

AMAZON HAS “PLACED PURCHASE ORDERS FOR MILLIONS OF FACE MASKS” for its contract workers who can’t work from home—but “very few of those orders have

FOREVER 21 HAS CLOSED ITS 534 U.S. CLOTHING STORES—BUT NOT FOREVER. Only for 12 days until March 30th. Corona will not be over that soon—but

4 SENATORS, INCLUDING BERNIE SANDERS, TELL AMAZON ANY FAILURE TO KEEP WAREHOUSE WORKERS SAFE FROM CORONA “puts the entire country at risk.” Unfounded charges Amazon