Entries tagged "Service Employee International Union"
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. ...
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. ...
