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Wiz Imp

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28. OMG. I didn't really know anything about them so I found an article from Propublica
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:23 PM
Dec 2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/uline-uihlein-election-denial

They are absolutely insane. Turns out that the father/founder of the company was a John Bircher. and supported George Wallace for President.

But this is insane. Former employees of Uline told ProPublica the couple’s traditionalist politics govern the smallest details of how the company is run. For new staffers, it begins with the dress code in the employee handbook. The handbook defines “tardy” as one minute past an employee’s scheduled start time. Just four personal items are allowed on employees’ desks, with maximum dimensions of 5 inches by 7 inches. One former staffer at Uline’s headquarters recalled a coworker who was forced to remove several drawings done by his young child. “Liz would walk up and down the aisles, and if your desk looked off, you’d be written up,” he recalled.

Unlike at other corporate workplaces where discussing politics is tacitly discouraged, the Uihleins lean in to theirs. Employees gathered at the major Uline distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for a company party in 2019 were bemused when the entertainment hired by the company emerged on stage: a Donald Trump impersonator, wearing a red MAGA hat.

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What is this weird fascination and objection conservatives apparently have with corduroy? I've seen multiple references recently to conservative groups banning corduroy. I find it bizarre.

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Seems a good idea to find stores you 'do' want to shop at. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #1
Well, my Amazon alternative donated ... Trueblue Texan Nov 2024 #2
Great resource. Thank you. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #3
It actually is not, see my replies in this thread. The information is cherry picked and misleading. Celerity Dec 2024 #30
I need the list in printable, database or spreadsheet form. Trust_Reality Nov 2024 #4
Why not just post a list? Meowmee Nov 2024 #5
Are these individual donations from employees who happen to work at these companies? tritsofme Nov 2024 #6
I don't believe individual donations TiberiusB Nov 2024 #7
Yes, individual donations over $200 are public. When you donate they ask for your employer. tritsofme Nov 2024 #9
I looked up Urban Outfitters and the record does not back up the YT video claims for 2020, 2022, and 2024. Celerity Dec 2024 #15
For the record, the Goods Unite Us App shows Urban Outfitters with 86% of their donations to Republicans. Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #23
Does it give the source link for that? OpenSecrets is a very well respected reference site. Celerity Dec 2024 #24
It says 100% of donations were from senior employees, none from the company itself. Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #25
That app is cherry picking old data from OpenSecrets. Celerity Dec 2024 #29
Don't buy from ULINE NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2024 #8
Their markups are astronomical RandiFan1290 Dec 2024 #19
They put conservative editorials in their catalogs. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2024 #26
OMG. I didn't really know anything about them so I found an article from Propublica Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #28
List is on the Youtube page: Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #10
I'll bet nearly all of those have also given money to Democrats, too soandso Nov 2024 #11
She said that she was only listing those companies that either gave exclusively to Republicans or Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #12
Okay, thanks soandso Dec 2024 #13
did you watch the video? nt orleans Dec 2024 #14
No, because another poster posted the list soandso Dec 2024 #16
Okay, I watched it soandso Dec 2024 #17
She said she pulled from OpenSecrets.org & the Goods Unite Us app Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #21
OK, I just looked at the Goods Unite Us app Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #22
Thanks for that info soandso Dec 2024 #27
She said she would do another list of companies who donate to democrats Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #20
Living in the EU, I manage to avoid most of those companies anyway. DFW Dec 2024 #18
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