The running joke about Whole Foods is its nickname: Whole Paycheck. But there’s a far darker side to the touchy-feely, organic feel of Whole Foods than the higher prices—the exploitation of workers everywhere along its supply chains where workers labor in slave-like conditions, and are abused day after day, especially women workers. Oxfam is out […]
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Episode 152: The Dark Side of Whole Foods; Bowman Looking To Unseat Corporate Democrat
Posted on 16 October 2019.
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Episode 35: From The Bench and On-Line, Amazon and The Supreme Court Gear Up To Screw The People
Posted on 21 June 2017.
In this week’s podcast, my guests help us understand how Amazon and the Supreme Court have a common mission: to undercut the standard of living of millions of people. Amazon’s move to buy Whole Foods means a further big-time cutting of wages for thousands of workers, and a new blow to workers in retailing beyond the […]
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Dump Whole Foods CEO
Posted on 26 August 2009.
The Change To Win Investment Group is calling for the removal of the CEO of Whole Foods John Mackey. The reason, in part: Following the publication of Mr. Mackey’s op-ed piece opposing President Obama’s health care reform proposal on August 16, 2009, Whole Foods customers have reacted with outrage: at least 26,000 have now […]
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Where Has Anti-Trust Enforcement Gone?
Posted on 06 June 2007.
   The Wall Street Journal has a piece today about the Federal Trade Commission’s suit against Whole Foods to block its purchase of Wild Oats Markets. But, inside the story is this revealing little nugget: The challenge would be one of the few brought under the Bush administration, which has broadly interpreted antitrust law to […]
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