by Nate Jackson Underneath the mid-morning sun dozens of community members and gathered press listened as airport workers held a press conference about Sound Transit’s decision to block factual ads about poverty wage jobs at our airport. Hosea Wilcox, a Sea-Tac Airport skycap, was one of the workers who spoke to the press outside of…
In a first-of-its-kind online action, the Amazon.com webpage for a pie-cutter is being swamped today with “reviews” pointing out the giant online retailer’s failure to pay their fair share of taxes. Frustrated by Amazon’s tax-dodging, workers, students, and community members from the Seattle area and others from across the country are sending Amazon a message they can’t miss…
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** APRIL 3, 2012 Fed up with Amazon’s corporate tax dodging, customers use feedback system to review the company itself. In a first-of-its-kind online action, the Amazon.com webpage for a pie-cutter is being swamped today with “reviews” pointing out the giant online retailer’s failure to pay their fair share of taxes. Frustrated by Amazon’s tax-dodging, workers,…
Amazon just doesn’t get it. Just like other big corporations, they seem to think they can get away with tax-dodging and other predatory business practices. They’re wrong, and today — Tuesday, April 3rd — we’re going to let them know with a message they won’t be able to miss. Amazon says it wants feedback and we…
by Nate Jackson We know that Amazon wants to expand its influence. It is no longer content with mistreating warehouse workers or dodging its tax responsibilities, now it wants to create laws directly or at least throw money at an organization that does so. Amazon supports a shadowy corporate front group called the American Legislative…
by Nate Jackson A huge secret has been exposed: Amazon treats its warehouse workers poorly. True sweatshop work conditions where the temperatures race past 100 degrees and delivery quotas that demand breakneck speeds and a “safety last” mentality. That’s bad enough, but did you hear about another secret of the giant online retailer? They dodge…
by Nate Jackson Hundreds of silent protesters lined the halls beneath the state capitol dome. We had dollar bills strapped over our mouths and watched as Washington State Legislators slinked by on their way to a party. It was hard to understand what they were celebrating. They had just rammed through a budget that slashes…
The 99% will be on hand when Mitt 1% Romney rolls into town. We want the richest 1% and the big corporations to pay their fair share. On March 1st, members of the 1% will gather for a $2500-per-photo fundraiser at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue in support of Mitt Romney’s campaign to lower their…
By Nate Jackson On Tuesday, we gathered at Westlake Park to say we’ve had enough. We are sick and tired of Wells Fargo and other big corporations wiggling out of paying their fair share.We have done our part, but it’s time the big corporations did their part too. They need to pay their fair share….
by Nate Jackson We know that Wells Fargo devotes a lot of energy evading taxes, paying more to lobbyists than they do in Federal Income Taxes. A recent report from Citizens for Tax Justice shows Wells Fargo’s Federal income tax bill was less than nothing — they got a $681 million refund since 2008….
