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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Thu May 24, 2012, 01:09 PM May 2012

Amazon to leave ALEC, per The Other 98%

http://www.facebook.com/TheOther98

We just held a massive action at the Amazon.com shareholders meeting, pressuring them to leave ALEC or face their customers' wrath.

They wilted under pressure. They're leaving ALEC.


Hoping this pans out... will LBN it if I get an actual source with a URL and a title somewhere...
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Amazon to leave ALEC, per The Other 98% (Original Post) Recursion May 2012 OP
this is good, but watch ALEC change its name and reorganize librechik May 2012 #1
Bingo. Scuba May 2012 #3
What would it take to get Amazon to provide decent working conditions hedgehog May 2012 #2
Nothing. ag_dude May 2012 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #4

librechik

(30,678 posts)
1. this is good, but watch ALEC change its name and reorganize
Thu May 24, 2012, 01:11 PM
May 2012

under a different moniker to continue its evil manipulations of our democracy. We must continue to monitor them closely.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
2. What would it take to get Amazon to provide decent working conditions
Thu May 24, 2012, 01:17 PM
May 2012

for its warehouse employees? How much would it cost the average consumer?

ag_dude

(562 posts)
5. Nothing.
Thu May 24, 2012, 01:55 PM
May 2012

They'd just go to the next alternative that provides cheaper products at the cost of their employee's well being.

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