ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT RULES TORONTO IS NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE TAXI DRIVERS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH UBER & LYFT. Cabbies say app-based rides are financially killing taxis, who have to buy plates & pay annual fees. Last year, Ottawa won a similar case against cabs. Municipal bylaws favor Uber & Lyft.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lawsuit-taxi-toronto-uber-1.5408947
KROGER’S BAD DREAM: More than 8,700 unionized UFCW workers —meat & deli, clerks — are striking at 78 King Sooper’s across Colorado. Kroger’s median worker pay fell 8% last year. Heroes deserve a bigger piece of the profits.
Read MoreAMZN UNION VOTE 2.0: “Everyone has the right to organize, and that they should be able to organize without any interference," says US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, a former labor union leader.
Read MoreWE DON’T NEED SINEMA & MANCHIN TO PROTECT VOTERS’ RIGHTS. Call the US SENATE NOW at 1-833-497-4273: ask for 3 REPUBLICAN SENATORS: ROMNEY, MURKOWSKI, & COLLINS. Ask them to vote for the Freedom to Vote Act. Report what you were told to Common Cause:
Read MoreThe 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.
