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Bernie Sanders Wants WWII-Style Tax on 95 Percent of Corporate Windfall Profits
A new bill introduced by the Vermont senator targets large corporations as they profiteer from ongoing crises.
Communities Are Paying Amazon to Set Up Shop. It Should Be the Other Way Around.
Economic development incentives or subsidies for Amazon are essentially a form of tax avoidance, says Greg LeRoy.
Sanders Pans Jeff Bezos as Amazon Workers Walk Out Over Low Pay
About 60 Amazon workers across two states walked out on Wednesday demanding higher pay.
Starbucks’s Multimillion-Dollar Anti-Union Effort May Have Backfired
Successful Starbucks unions inspired more baristas to self-organize despite the company’s intimidation tactics.
House Lawmakers Say Amazon May Have Illegally Impeded Antitrust Investigation
Company executives lied in their testimonies on internal policies, the lawmakers said.
Union Files “Precedent-Setting” Charges of Misconduct Against Amazon
A survey found that nearly two-thirds of local residents support a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
Companies Who Stopped Donations After January 6 Used Lobbyists to Give Instead
Corporations like Amazon and Microsoft used lobbyists to get around their pledges not to donate.
Amazon Dodged $5.2 Billion in Taxes Last Year, Report Finds
The company was able to dodge taxes despite making a record profit of $35 billion last year.
Workers at Three Amazon Warehouses Are Now Waging Unionization Battles
A success at Amazon may unleash a wave of unionization filings, just as the first successful Starbucks union did.
New York Amazon Workers File to Unionize Just Before Election Rerun in Bessemer
The LDJ5 sorting facility is the second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island to file for unionization.