SOC and SEIU encourage FTC to use the full range of its powers to end abuses for franchise workers
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Antitrust Complaint Against UPMC
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SOC Complaint to the FTC Against Amazon, Inc. for Unlawful Deception Under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45 (a)
COMPLAINT TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION BUREAU OF CONSUMER PROTECTION Washington, D.C. Against AMAZON.COM, INC. for Unlawful Deception under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45 (a) Submitted by the Strategic Organizing Center December 8, 2021 Read the complaint.
SOC Letter To The FTC On Petition Re: Proposed Merger of Amazon.com, Inc. And MGM
Click here to read the letter in PDF format. Via USPS and Electronic Mail November 22, 2021 Holly Vedova, Acting Director Bureau of Competition Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20580 antitrust@ftc.gov Before 12,560 people as of November 19, 2021. Dear Director Vedova, We are writing to provide…
SOC Letter to the FTC on Proposed Merger of Amazon.com, Inc. and MGM
Click here to read the letter in PDF format Via USPS and Electronic Mail August 11, 2021 Holly Vedova, Acting Director Bureau of Competition Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20580 antitrust@ftc.gov Re: Proposed Merger of Amazon.com, Inc. and MGM Dear Director Vedova, The Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) is…
NCAA v Shawn Alston et al. Brief
The Sherman Act protects sellers of goods and services, including workers who sell their labor, from powerful purchasers. Gregory J. Werden, Monopsony and the Sherman Act: Consumer Welfare in a New Light, 74 Antitrust L.J. 707, 714 (2007). Senator Sherman himself stated that trusts and monopolies “regulate prices at their will, depress the price of…
Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436, Comment, Matter No. R511003
The Service Employees International Union and Change to Win hereby submit an update of a petition we submitted almost exactly five years ago, requesting that the Commission investigate and address long-standing problems in the franchise industry. The Service Employees International Union unites two million diverse members working in healthcare, the public sector, and property services…
Byrd v McDonald’s Complaint
Plaintiffs, James Byrd, Jr. and Darrell Byrd (“Plaintiffs”), individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals (collectively referred to as, “Class Members” or the “Class”), by and through undersigned counsel, hereby file this Class Action Complaint, based on Plaintiffs’ personal knowledge and upon information and belief as to the Class, against Defendants, McDonald’s…
Crawford v McDonald’s Complaint
CASE NO.: JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 1:20-cv-05132 Plaintiffs, Christine Crawford, Delores Crawford, Juneth N. Daniel, Yves Dominique, Van Jakes, Ralph King, Keith Manning, Kenneth Manning, Dawn Mussenden, Laetitia Johnson, Carrie Salone, Floyd Sims, Larry Brown, John Mason, Ronnie Thornton, Lisa Gunter, f/k/a Lisa McKenzie, Mitchell McGuire, Lois McGuire, Hayes Ferrell, Yvonne Knox, Arthur Scott, Errol Service,…
Unions’ Submission to the FTC re Amazon
Our organizations, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Communications Workers of America, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, and Change to Win, represent millions of working people across all industries and sectors of the economy. In February, we petitioned the Commission to use its power under Section 6(b) of the Federal Trade Commission…
Petition to the FTC for the Investigation of Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon, long dominant in the e-commerce space, is rapidly consolidating market power and ramping-up anti-competitive practices to maintain their position. In February 2020, a group of major labor unions and The SOC called on the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into anti-competitive behavior by Amazon. Unions Calling for Immediate FTC Action: International Brotherhood…