SNITIS and Rethink Trade Announce Filing of New USMCA ‘Rapid Response Mechanism’ Labor Case to Fight for Mexican Workers at Reynosa Panasonic Plants Denied Legitimate Union Representation
April 18, 2022 – The Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y de Servicios Movimiento 20/32 (SNITIS) and Rethink Trade have filed a United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) labor complaint targeting Panasonic Automotive Systems de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Variety: ‘White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch’ Review: How Youth Fashion Turned Fascist
April 17, 2022 — Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik spoke to VARIETY about her previous reporting on Abercrombie & Fitch’s discriminatory hiring practices and overall social perniciousness, which is featured in the new Netflix documentary, ‘White Hot.’
The American Prospect: The Bottom-Up Battle Against Corporate Power
April 15, 2022 —The American Prospect wrote about Economic Liberties’ grassroots efforts to generate comments for the FTC and DOJ on merger policy, which generated nearly 6,000 submissions, compared to just a few dozen from industry groups when the policy was revised a decade ago.
Off-Kilter Podcast: “Ban Secret Deals”: Meet the New Coalition Working to Ban NDAs in Corporate Subsidy Deals
April 15, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo and IL State Senator Robert Peters joined Off-Kilter to explain why the massive tax subsidies that corporations and state governments negotiate in secret are a scam that disadvantage families, small businesses, and communities.
Economic Liberties’ Analysis Reveals Amazon is Accelerating Inflation by Steadily Hiking Prices for Consumers & Small Businesses
April 14, 2022 – An American Economic Liberties Project analysis has found that Amazon is citing inflation for multiple price hikes on consumers and merchants that are significantly exceeding the rate of inflation.