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The PFT represents 14,000 educators working in the School District of Philadelphia. We're fighting for more public education funding & a better world for workers. Nothing about us, without us ✊🏽

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Amazon claims that running a marketplace gives access to "competitive bidding" all at their website. In reality, Amazon controls what buyers see and how they shop, and reacts to spending habits by maximizing prices. prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
In the ILSR’s report, multiple instances were found in which separate school districts paid drastically different prices for the same product sold by Amazon. For example, in February of 2023, the Needham, Massachusetts, school district paid $9.08 each for packs of Amazon Basics tape dispensers, yet the city of Charleston, South Carolina, paid $17.99 for the very same product. On January 10th of that same year, Pittsburgh Schools bought two cases of Kleenex for $57.99 each, while Denver Schools paid only $36.91 for a single case. (Incidentally, all this is quite similar to the typical retail user’s experience with Amazon.) “We were struck by the fact that school districts are spending much more with Amazon than cities or counties are, and we are aware that many school districts are very budget-constrained and are just struggling to have enough resources,” Mitchell reflects. Many school districts are woefully understaffed, making them particularly vulnerable to signing on to bad contracts via Amazon Business, especially when it’s portrayed as being an easier way of fulfilling their procurement needs. “It’s driving all of these local suppliers out of business who generate jobs and tax revenue that support the local schools,” Mitchell adds. “It’s a self-defeating snowball effect of undermining the resources that the schools have, but the more harried and time-constrained school employees become, the more vulnerable they are to Amazon’s pitch.”
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM