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.
Big Tech Earnings Reflect Their Monopoly Power
October 29, 2020 — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reported earnings from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook.
Antitrust Enforcers Must Investigate & Reject Intermountain Healthcare-Sanford Healthcare Merger
October 27, 2020— The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Healthcare’s announcement that they intend to merge.
Biden Administration Must Be Diverse and Independent From Corporate Interests, 30+ Groups Say
October 20, 2020— Economic Liberties and progressive partners sent a letter to the Biden campaign urging them to establish hiring criteria that will strengthen the diversity and effectiveness of the federal workforce and ensure presidential appointees are independent from Wall Street and corporate monopolies.