Striking teachers are demanding better conditions for their whole community instead of billionaire handouts.
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Una Guía para el Plan de Ajuste del Gobierno Central: Recortes a las Pensiones y Pago de Deuda Posiblemente Ilegal
La carga del nuevo plan de ajuste de Puerto Rico recaerá sobre los retirados, mientras los bonistas de Wall Street ganarán cientos de millones.
A Guide to Puerto Rico’s Debt Adjustment Plan: Cuts for Pensioners and Payments on Allegedly Illegal Debt
Retirees will bear the brunt of Puerto Rico’s new debt adjustment plan with new pension cuts, while Wall Street bondholders will rake in hundreds of millions.
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.
Wall Street Billionaires Set to Mingle with Mike Pence at Major Financial Conference
Top Wall Street leaders who profit off of everything from fossil fuels to widespread austerity are set to hobnob with Mike Pence at a major financial conference.
Wendy’s Billionaire Owner Spurns Farmworkers While Profiting Off Pension Funds
Nelson Peltz spurns the Fair Food Program, which ensures better wages and working conditions for farmworkers, even as he oversees billions in worker pension funds.
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.
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?
Buffalo Banks Are Financing the Climate Crisis
Buffalo’s biggest banks are lending hundreds of millions to fossil fuel companies and funding a lobbying effort against climate action in New York.
Las Batallas de la Deuda de Puerto Rico: La Junta Demanda a Medio Mundo
La Junta está demandando a bancos y a bonistas para recuperar miles de millones en deudas. De lograrse, este dinero podría utilizarse para servicios esenciales, como las pensiones y las escuelas públicas.
Puerto Rico’s Debt Battles: The Oversight Board Goes on a Suing Spree
The Oversight Board is suing banks and bondholders to recover billions in debt. If successful, the funds could go to essential services for Puerto Ricans like pensions and schools.