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Economic Power: Boycott Amazon!

Why boycott? No company represents the growing wealth gap between the billionaire class and the working class as much as Amazon. Alternative ideas: Amazon has wormed its way into convenient shopping in our society, but it is not too big to fail. We have choices. If one chooses to window…

Economic Power: Don’t Use Round Up!

Category: Home and Garden   Product: Round Up  Why boycott? Since it hit the store shelves in 1974, “Round Up” and other toxic herbicides have sold the US consumer with the advertising that we need a yard like a green blemish-free carpet. We don’t. The herbicide industry has also sold us…

Economic Power: Boycott Walmart!

Why boycott? The Walton family has a combined net worth of $267 billion dollars, yet does not pay a living wage, forcing employees (often who are working full-time hours) to seek SNAP and Medicaid benefits, which have been cut by the Big Ugly Bill, contributing to expanding the wealth gap.…

Farmworkers are Essential, We Must Protect Them

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this week proposed a litany of deregulation measures aimed at rescinding or rewriting over 60 current workplace regulations. The proposal, if enacted, would eliminate minimum wages in certain sectors, make workers across industries less safe on the job and leave them with little recourse to rectify…
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