These are some of the billionaires hoarding wealth while endangering workers and seeking to profit off the crisis. Some may be from your own state.
The COVID-19 Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout & How To Fight It
These are the ways the fossil fuel industry might get bailed out – and what it means for climate organizers.
Billionaires Live Large While Denying Paid Sick Leave to Millions of Workers
From Walmart to Whole Foods, corporate billionaires have denied paid sick leave to millions of workers for years. Maybe the coronavirus pandemic will change this.
Cuomo puts private equity vulture in charge of coronavirus economic recovery
Selection of Blackstone senior advisory director Bill Mulrow raises concerns about Wall Street profiteering from coronavirus recovery
Farmworkers Step Up Pressure on Wendy’s Shareholders to Protect Workers’ Rights
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is bringing its demand that Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program to the fastfood chain’s biggest shareholders.
Wall Street vultures razed COFINA, and now they’re coming for the central government
The Wall Street vulture funds that made huge profits off of COFINA formed a coalition that backs Puerto Rico’s new debt restructuring plan. These are the coalition’s members and allies.
Los fondos buitre arrasaron con COFINA, ahora vienen por el gobierno central
Los fondos buitre de Wall Street que obtuvieron ganancias inmensas con COFINA formaron una coalición que respalda el nuevo plan de ajuste de Puerto Rico. Estos son los miembros y los aliados de dicha coalición.
Day 1 Alliance Formed to Back Up Private Prison Industry
Private prisons are going on the offensive with a new industry advocacy organization.
Liberty Mutual Director & Former State Street CEO Joins ExxonMobil Board
Joseph Hooley, board director of Liberty Mutual & former CEO of State Street, has joined the ExxonMobil board. This comes as climate organizers intensify their focus on the finance-fossil fuel nexus.
Wendy’s Billionaire Owner Hosts Trump’s Priciest Fundraiser to Date – While Still Refusing Farmworker Demands
Nelson Peltz, the hedge fund billionaire who owns Wendy’s, recently hosted Trump’s most expensive reelection fundraiser to date at his $136.4 million estate. Meanwhile, Wendy continues to turn its back on farmworker demands to join the Fair Food Program.
Not Just Exxon: Paul Weiss’s Addiction to Defending Rogue Corporate Actors
Law students are calling on Paul Weiss to #DropExxon as a legal client. From the Sacklers to Big Tobacco, the law firm has also defended a host of other toxic corporate actors.
Un Paraíso Fiscal Llamado Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico está en quiebra, pero el gobierno ha concedido $20 mil millones en exenciones contributivas mientras impone medidas de austeridad severas. Ahora sabemos quiénes se están beneficiando.
A Tax Haven Called Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is bankrupt, but the government has still conceded $20 billion in corporate tax breaks, even while imposing severe austerity measures. Now we know who is benefiting.