"Yup, writing to my senator right now."Īnother wrote that, "Any informed seller is going to support massive action taken against Amazon in the antitrust arena. "Yes, I'm going to oppose that Amazon will be prohibited from undercutting, manipulating the buybox, and instituting restrictions on certain listings that unfairly bar me from selling an item," one commenter wrote. Third-party sellers, who account for more than half of Amazon's retail volume, have in recent years expressed frustration over the costs they pay to stay in good standing, the amount Amazon charges them for ads and Amazon's inability to rid the marketplace of scams and bad actors. Hundreds of sellers replied to Mehta's post, including many who seemed unconvinced by Amazon's point of view and promised to support the legislation. The page is populated with a prewritten email opposing the legislation, and says filling out the form "will take less than two minutes of your time." Mehta then directed Amazon sellers to a website that includes a form they can use to contact their senator. I want to ensure that you are aware of this legislation and what you can do to try and stop it from harming you." "Recent public comments from Senate leadership indicate that they intend to vote on S.2992 later this month. "As we have noted in previous communications to you throughout the past year, Congress is considering legislation, including S.2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, that could jeopardize Amazon's ability to operate a marketplace service and, as a result, your business's ability to sell in our store," Mehta wrote. He encouraged merchants to contact their local senator to oppose the legislation, called the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S.2992), which was passed by a Senate committee in January and could move forward this summer. "Increasing tuition fees means rejecting thousands of people from the universities of Quebec – persons who have the talent to study but may not be able to pay," said protest spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.Dharmesh Mehta, Amazon's vice president of worldwide selling partner services, published the post on Thursday in Amazon's Seller Central Forum. They say the increase will limit access to education, which should be a fundamental right. Those striking students oppose the provincial government's move to nearly double tuition fees over a five-year period, to $3,800 from the current in-province rate (Canadian students from other provinces pay significantly higher rates to study in Quebec) of $2,200. Organizers said they planned to take their protest to Quebec City next week to the steps of the national assembly they said 55,000 students had agreed to support their ongoing general strike, joining the ranks of those who have already left their classrooms. "(Protesters) blocked the bridge in both directions so the bridge wasn't open at all, so the riot team just dispersed the people," said Montreal police spokesman Daniel Fortier. Officers decided to step in once they detected potential for traffic chaos.
The incident at the bridge involved a small crowd of students and it came after a far larger, more orderly protest throughout the afternoon.Ī much bigger group comprising thousands of students had been marching peacefully through the downtown streets while police kept their distance.
0 kommentar(er)
