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@andrewwagner The entire piece is about how looting is bad — no matter who is doing the looting — PolitiTweet.org
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13. While Walgreens workers in CA were able to file a class-action lawsuit and recover some of their lost wages, that is not an option available to millions Corporations require employees to sign away their access to courts as a condition of employment https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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12. The federal government also has basically given up on policing wage theft. In 1948 there were 1,000 investigators to protect 22.6 million workers Today, there are 765 federal investigators to protect 143 million workers https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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11. For continuing coverage of wage theft and more accountability journalism, subscribe to my newsletter, Popular Information. This is coverage you aren't going to find elsewhere. And it's free to sign up! https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org
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10. A search of United States publications in the Nexis news database reveals 11,631 stories mentioning shoplifting so far in 2021. Over the same period, the same outlets published just 2,009 stories mentioning wage theft. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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9. Shoplifting is just a fraction of property crimes since more than half of the value of stolen property comes from theft of vehicles and currency. Nevertheless, media coverage of shoplifting vastly exceeds media coverage of wage theft. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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@SKMVT @4242BB Compensation is accurate. Most CEO compensation is not salary, but stock options. This is the value of his total compensation from SEC reports. — PolitiTweet.org
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8. Failure to pay minimum wage is just one type of wage theft. A 2017 study of 10 states estimated that wage theft just for failure to pay minimum wage was $15 BILLION ANNUALLY THIS IS MORE THAN THE VALUE OF STOLEN GOODS IN ALL PROPERTY CRIMES https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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7. While Lugo-Romero is behind bars, no one at Walgreens has had to take personal responsibility for stealing millions from its employees. Stefano Pessina, Walgreens' CEO during most of the alleged wage theft saw his compensation rise from 7.1M to 17.5M https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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6. How much coverage did Walgreens massive wage theft generate? There was a single 221-word story in Bloomberg Law, an industry publication. And that's it. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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5. Just a few months earlier, in November 2020, Walgreens paid a $4.5 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that it stole wages from thousands of its employees in California. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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4. The incident is frequently presented as "proof" that there are no consequences for shoplifting. But the man in the video, Jean Lugo-Romero, was arrested about a week later. Lugo-Romero faces 15 charges and is currently incarcerated without bail. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 https://t.co/CzH06c2BQi — PolitiTweet.org
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3. This single incident generated 309 media stories between June 14 and July 12. It continues to garner coverage today, including in the New York Times, USA Today, and CNN https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 https://t.co/q4lFwlzKiD — PolitiTweet.org
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2. In June, a reporter tweeted a cellphone video of a man in Walgreens filling a garbage bag with stolen items. According to San Francisco's crime database, the value of the merchandise stolen in the incident was between $200 and $950. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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1. America is a country where if a man steals thousand of dollars in merchandise from a store it’s front page news but if a corporation steals millions in wages from its employees it’s basically ignored I have the receipts. Follow along if interested. https://t.co/bPthHljXl6 — PolitiTweet.org
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Trump has challenged “anyone” to a debate on whether the 2020 election was stolen. I hereby accept. https://t.co/tWGkQLInkq — PolitiTweet.org
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@guypbenson There has been some excellent reporting on the perpetrator and his background https://t.co/EWlnJJvOom — PolitiTweet.org
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With funding from the Koch Foundation, @TheAtlantic published 118 articles over an 18 month period on the "Speech Wars" turning "a leftish bastion of publishing respectability into the main PR firm for the alleged free speech crisis." https://t.co/anfCOplHHF — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @JuddLegum: America is a country where if people steal a few thousand dollars in merchandise from a store it’s front page news but if a… — PolitiTweet.org
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I’m going to have a lot more on this topic in my next newsletter. Sign up free —> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org
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@Mi_Astronauta I’m talking about actual wage theft. Not people who are underpaid. Google it. — PolitiTweet.org
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America is a country where if people steal a few thousand dollars in merchandise from a store it’s front page news but if a corporation steals millions in wages from its employees it’s basically ignored — PolitiTweet.org
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“Mr. Kushner’s business experience is largely limited to the time he spent running his family’s real estate company. His best-known deal was the purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, for $1.8 billion in 2007, which became a financial albatross…” — PolitiTweet.org
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“According to a person familiar with the firm’s plans, Mr. Kushner hopes to raise an amount in the low billions of dollars by early next year.” — PolitiTweet.org
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It was glaringly obvious that Kushner’s primary interest at the White House was setting up future business deals https://t.co/uAVjE5wFdM — PolitiTweet.org
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@MattZeitlin This has not been my experience at all. — PolitiTweet.org
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I’m glad scientists are concerned about Omicron and are studying it. I’m not personally going to be concerned until we know more about it. If it turns out to be very bad, there will be plenty of time to freak out later. — PolitiTweet.org
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I’m glad scientists are concerned about Omnicron and are studying it. I’m not personally going to be concerned until we know more about it. If it turns out to be very bad, there will be plenty of time to freak out later. — PolitiTweet.org
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One way to save a ton on money on Black Friday this year is to not buy stuff. Use code TAKEAWALK at checkout — PolitiTweet.org
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“A federal jury in Cleveland on Tuesday found that three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens — had substantially contributed to the crisis of opioid overdoses and deaths in two Ohio counties” https://t.co/QNaXlgzSOK — PolitiTweet.org
