In Approving Uber-Postmates Merger, DOJ Has Failed Small Businesses and Local Communities
November 10, 2020 — Members of the Protect Our Restaurants campaign from across the country issued the following statement in response to news that the Department of Justice has cleared Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, a deal that would further consolidates the food delivery market.
The World is Waking Up to Amazon’s Monopoly Power
November 10, 2020– The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to the European Commission’s announcement that it was filing new charges against Amazon for its use of sensitive business information from third-party sellers and opening an investigation into Amazon’s e-commerce practices.
To Build Back Better President-elect Biden Must Combat Corporate Power
November 7, 2020 —The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Prop 22 is an Egregious Display of Corporate Power
November 4, 2020 — Economic Liberties released the following statement in response to the passage of Proposition 22, a California ballot initiative backed by dominant rideshare and food delivery apps that absolves the companies of any responsibility to their workers and writes into California state law a minimum wage as low as $5.64/hour.
Class Actions Against Grubhub and DoorDash Expose Dominant Delivery Apps’ Coercive Game Plan
October 30, 2020 — Protect Our Restaurants, a coalition fighting to break the power of dominant delivery apps, released the following statement in response to news that restaurants have initiated a potential class-action lawsuit against GrubHub for allegedly listing 150,000 restaurants to its site without the businesses’ permission, which follows a similar suit filed against DoorDash.