Merger from Hell

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 June 2017 07:45; Written by editor

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We're meeting with anti-trust regulators in just TWO DAYS – so we don't have much time to get farmers and beekeepers to come along to stop the Bayer-Monsanto merger.

Will you be(e) our hero and chip in with a special last-minute donation today?

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With your help, beekeepers and farmers will tell Congress about the dangers of the Bayer-Monsanto merger in person.

Thanks, Anne and the team at SumOfUs

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This Thursday we've got a one-time chance to convince US Congress to stop the merger between Bayer and Monsanto.

But we've just heard that key beekeepers and farmers can't afford to come without our help.

Their testimony could be the make-or-break on Congress' support for the deal.

Can you chip in so we can pay for beekeepers and farmers to attend this Congressional Briefing?

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Bayer and Monsanto's merger from hell is at a critical moment – and this week, a three-day meeting could be the tipping point.

We've organised for beekeepers, farmers, and experts to meet with Congress on Capitol Hill. They're planning to tell regulators just how devastating this merger will be for our bees and our food supply.

Farmers and beekeepers have told us that they simply can't afford to get to briefing under their own steam, so we're hoping you can chip in with a special last-minute donation so their vital testimony is heard directly by decision makers.

We only have one shot at this, and without your help, we might miss the moment to have maximum impact. Can you chip in to stop the merger from hell?

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SumOfUs members have been at the forefront in the fight to stop Monsanto and Bayer from merging into the largest agribusiness in the world.

Together, we're continuing to pressure antitrust regulators in Europe and the U.S., using some of the best legal minds to prove that the merger is a violation of monopoly laws.

We're campaigning along with farmers and consumers to show the public how harmful a Monsanto-Bayer partnership is, and we're reaching out to Bayer shareholders to let them know how much they'll lose in this merger.

We know we can stop this merger. We did the impossible in 2014 when SumOfUs members helped stop Comcast from acquiring Time Warner in an unprecedented takeover. It was the Department of Justice that laid the finishing blow -- but it was tens of thousands of SumOfUs members and our allies us who made it happen.

If Congress hear from their very own constituents as well as beekeepers and farmers about how bad this merger would be for our bees and our food supply, they can stop this merger from hell.

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Thanks for all that you do,
Anne and the team at SumOfUs

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More information:

Bayer to sell Liberty crop protection brands to get Monsanto deal passed, Reuters. 8th May 2017.

Why companies in the chemicals industry are mixing, The Economist. 25th May 2017.

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