New York City sings “No, no, no!” to Walmart

By , on April 14th, 2011

Last Friday, NY Jobs with Justice and other members of the Walmart-Free NYC Coalition staged a flash mob in Time Warner Center, headquarters of the Related Companies, the real estate developer currently in talks to lease Walmart space to build its first store in New York City.  Nearly one hundred of us sang and danced with brass band accompaniment to the tune of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” to let Related know that we don’t want them opening the floodgates for Walmart to take over our city:

Our action might have been fun, but the consequences of Related’s actions are quite serious. If the deal with Walmart goes through, Walmart is believed to have plans to open at least a hundred more stores throughout New York, threatening to kill quality jobs, shut down small businesses, and lower labor standards throughout the city. New Yorkers deserve better, and that’s why we showed up at Related’s headquarters to let them have a little signing and dancing piece of our mind.

But of course, this struggle isn’t isolated to New York.  Facing declining sales for the first

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April 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Campaigns, Public Money | Comments are closed

Flash Mob at DC Auto Show Targets Chrysler

By , on February 12th, 2010

On January 30, 2010, consumers and union members performed a hilarious flash mob dance at the Washington, DC auto show to protest Fiat/Chrysler’s broken promises.

The $14 billion taxpayer bailout of Chrysler was meant to help save good jobs.  Instead, Chrysler is threatening to throw professional auto delivery drivers onto the unemployment lines and replace them with less experienced independent contractors and “alternative” carriers, some of which are using flat bed trucks or other transporters that are not designed to protect cars over long distances.   More than 5,000 jobs are at stake.

You can help the Teamsters and their consumer allies to end Chrysler’s dangerous new transportation policy in three ways:

  1. Watch the video.   Fiat Chrysler may be forced to back down from their plans to jeopardize car safety and union jobs if enough people view this video.  It’s better than writing a letter.
  2. Send it to your address book or post it to all your friends  on Facebook or MySpace, AND ask them to get their friends to do the  same thing.
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February 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Campaigns, Unions | Comments are closed