In these days of worldwide confusion, there is a dire need for men and women who will courageously do battle for truth.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take action for good jobs, not giveaways. VWR has been gaming New York’s economic development system for far too long. They recently received tax breaks from COMIDA, the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency for creating jobs, even though they are actually shifting jobs from another part of the state. VWR’s current tax breaks are rewarding layoffs and job shifting and have to stop!
For almost a year, the Related Companies have reportedly been in negotiations with Walmart to lease the retailer space in East New York, Brooklyn to build its first of potentially more than a hundred stores in NYC. For almost a year, New Yorkers have tried to tell Related they don’t want Walmart to destroy existing small businesses and their neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we suspect they may have a case of Walmart Fever…
download105 US cities occupied. 1499 MeetUps around the world. 50,000 people in the streets of New York and tens of thousands more in cities across the country. Wall Street occupied continuously for one month. Wherever you are and whatever else you’re doing …
