Entries tagged "SEIU"
Earlier Dealscape noted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris may have meddled in Tribune Co.'s auction of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. However, also buried in the Department of Justice's charges against him is an alleged attempt to corrupt anti-deal activists, the Service Employees International Union, which during the height of the private equity boom protested leveraged buyouts, and the affiliated Change to Win movement, which takes activist shareholder positions on behalf of union pensions. ...
Higher commodity costs and increased fuel prices are increasingly being cited by companies as the causes of their bankruptcy filings. Will union-induced labor problems make that list soon, too? ...
All the efforts of private equity firms to improve their image worldwide could quickly be undone if Mitt Romney wins the "veep-stakes" to be Sen. John McCain's running mate on the Republican ticket. With the Olympics expected to take up plenty of media attention prior to the GOP convention, McCain may announce his pick soon and the prospect of Romney, currently on the shortlist, has the private equity industry readying itself to become a central political issue....
Time Magazine's The Curious Capitalist blog's coverage of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s plans to go public offered some misleading insight into the buyout firm's place in the world. ...
The Service Employees International Union is following up its string of public protests against private equity firms with an ad campaign trying to label the industry as a "potential national security concern."...
Labor union and private equity critic Service Employees International Union is emphasizing the "international" in its name with its latest push to protest private equity, which happens to include the enlistment of a comedian pitchman. ...
