A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    3 个月前

    The good news is that there are plenty of other companies that make cardboard boxes. Buy from them.

    • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      26·
      3 个月前

      The problem is uline is a 1 stop shop for many businesses to buy a whole range of supplies, not just boxes. At my last job basically everything in the office came from uline, including the desks, trash cans, hand soap, mops, the disposable cups in the kitchen, and many of the warning signs plastered around the machine shop. The problem was known then but we weren’t successful in convincing them to replace uline with 5-10 other separate companies.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        3 个月前

        Pretty sure they also have a lot of government/medical contracts. I helped put together fentanyl test kits for the state, and I’m pretty sure almost everything was Uline branded.

  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
    24·
    3 个月前

    What sucks is that uline is a difficult company to boycott, for a regular person. My workplace orders a lot of supplies from uline, and it’s not like I can convince them to buy from somewhere else because 1. Corporate handles administrative stuff like that and 2. At least one of my managers is definitely MAGA.

  • wuffah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    3 个月前

    They are major funders to groups spreading election falsehoods, including Restoration of America, which, according to an internal document obtained by ProPublica, aims to “get on God’s side of the issues and stay there” and “punish leftists.”

    Since there is no God, this obsession with punishment makes me think that rich people simply see themselves as God through some sort of schizophrenic projection. But they can’t tell people that, so instead they’re “doing God’s work” which is itself an insane statement, but somehow carries enough credibility that entire corporations, governments, and religions are centered on it.

    I wish the box industry were as boring as portrayed in The Simpsons.

  • numanair@lemmy.ml
    16·
    3 个月前

    I switched suppliers some years ago after learning about this. Switched to Global Industrial.

  • MisterOwl@lemmy.world
    141·
    3 个月前

    There are no non-evil companies.

    Eventually you reach a CEO who only cares about his money. And we all know exactly which pedophile party they support.

  • etherphon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 个月前

    This company and family are a pox on our state, impeding the will of the people through massive campaign funding and lobbying.

  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    3 个月前

    shoots the cardboard box

    It’s okay everyone, I have saved the day!

    cheering and applause, world peace and eliminating famine are achieved