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GM workers strike for fair pay as executives and investors extract billions from the company
Nearly 50,000 GM workers are striking for better pay and job security as executives and financiers benefit from record profits.
These Companies Promised to Be Socially Responsible, But They Are Pushing ALEC’s Right-Wing Agenda
Just days before their CEOs pledged to work for all Americans, a dozen major corporations sent lobbyist to ALEC’s annual retreat to work in secret with lawmakers on bills to promote fossil fuels and bust unions.
Wall Street, former CEO seek to get paid while Blackjewel miners wait for back wages
Private equity backing and self-dealing featured at the bankrupt coal firm whose workers are still waiting for pay.
Private Prisons Now Face 87.4% Financing Gap as Banks Continue to Flee Industry
Eight banks have committed to ending their future financing of the private prison industry – amounting to 87.4% of the credit lines and term loans of CoreCivic and GEO Group.
As Trump border cruelty deepens, Buffalo elites maintain lucrative ties to CBP and ICE
Buffalo real estate developers – including Carl Montante and Howard Zemsky – are bringing in millions of dollars per year through leases to ICE and CBP.
Bank of America Says It Will Stop Financing Private Prisons & Detention Centers. So Should SunTrust.
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase have said they’ll stop financing private prisons and detention centers. Will SunTrust do the same?
Big Donors Fuel Racist, Islamophobic Agenda in Small Town Minnesota
A recent NYT article profiled a small town hate group in Minnesota. But Wall Street firms & corporate charities are propping up the Islamophobic agenda that is fueling the group’s racist, anti-Muslim efforts.
These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans
A Sludge investigation has uncovered the sources of millions of dollars behind advocacy efforts to pass a slew of state abortion bans this year.
Anti-Abortion Hedge Fund Manager is Main Funder of Femm Fertility App
Sean Fieler, an anti-abortion hedge fund manager, is behind the so-called “women’s health” app Femm.
These are the Millionaire CEOs Whose Corporations Fund Politicians Banning Abortions
Six major corporations are top donors to the politicians behind the recent wave of anti-abortion legislation. Their wealthy CEOs should be held to account.
Delta’s Anti-Union Propaganda Crafted by PR Firm Tied to Fossil Fuel Astroturf Campaigns
The PR shop behind Delta’s anti-union scare tactics represents fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell & Halliburton – and it was caught posing as “journalists” for ExxonMobil,