News | Economy & Labor 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. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 28, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor 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. By Janine Jackson , FAIR March 26, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 17, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor 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. By John Logan , Truthout March 10, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor House Lawmakers Say Amazon May Have Illegally Impeded Antitrust Investigation Company executives lied in their testimonies on internal policies, the lawmakers said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 9, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 26, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 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. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 15, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 8, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor 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. By Molly Rosenzweig & Tatiana Cozzarelli , LeftVoice February 6, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 2, 2022 Truthout