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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Mon Jul 16, 2012, 01:24 PM Jul 2012

Olympic sponsors: Pay your fair share

https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/olympic-tax-dodging-petition#petition

I suspect a few of you here may have already done this.

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Olympic sponsors: Pay your fair share (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jul 2012 OP

Thanks for the reminder. non sociopath skin Jul 2012 #1

Its working dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #2

Yes, excellent news! non sociopath skin Jul 2012 #3

As of now, it's 9 that have agreed to give up their tax breaks LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #4

non sociopath skin

(4,972 posts)

1. Thanks for the reminder.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 05:40 PM

Jul 2012

Done.

The Skin

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. Its working

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 05:52 AM

Jul 2012

email just received :

Dear Richard,

Another win for people power! Yesterday, a worried-sounding man from Coca-Cola called the 38 Degrees office to say they wouldn’t be using the Olympic tax dodge. [1]

But it didn’t stop there. Later in the day, VISA, General Electric and EDF all confirmed that they were out too. [2] That’s five big companies down - and nine to go.

The bigger our petition has grown, the more companies have hurriedly announced they won’t be dodging the tax. Can you help this campaign go all the way by sending the petition past 200,000 signatures?

Please forward this email and ask your friends and family to sign:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/olympic-tax-dodging

non sociopath skin

(4,972 posts)

3. Yes, excellent news!

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 07:00 AM

Jul 2012

The Skin

LeftishBrit

(41,208 posts)

4. As of now, it's 9 that have agreed to give up their tax breaks

Reply to non sociopath skin (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 05:35 PM

Jul 2012

Coca-Cola, McDonalds, EDF, Visa, GE, Omega, P&G, BMW and Adidas

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