Peltola Celebrates Block of Kroger-Albertsons Merger

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Peltola Celebrates Block of Kroger-Albertsons Merger

WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Oregon United States District Judge Adrienne Nelson decided in favor of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and ruled to block the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger. The proposed merger would have eliminated healthy competition for grocery shoppers, leading to dangerous monopolistic tendencies, risking limited labor competition, workers’ ability to negotiate higher wages, better […]

Hailed as ‘Heroes’ During Pandemic, Retail Workers Stripped of Hazard Pay While Companies Rake in Massive Profits

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Hailed as ‘Heroes’ During Pandemic, Retail Workers Stripped of Hazard Pay While Companies Rake in Massive Profits

“While business booms and the pandemic rages, the rich are getting richer—and workers are getting sicker.” Frontline retail workers have been lauded by U.S. corporations as “heroes” this year for keeping operations running during the Covid-19 outbreak, but a new study shows how companies like Dollar General and Walmart—which have made massive profits over recent months—have treated their […]