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Pye-Barker Employees at Pye-Barker Fire and Safety are sounding the alarm about union-busting across several locations. Since at least 2023, Pye-Barker has paid anti-union consultants more than $300,000[1] to discourage workers from forming a union. Private equity…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project tracks and publishes data on private equity-backed acquisitions of companies with 500 or more employees. Using PitchBook, press releases, and news searches, this acquisitions tracker will be updated with leveraged buyouts and add-on…
Private equity’s expansion into healthcare is increasingly happening through joint ventures with nonprofit health systems rather than traditional acquisitions. Our recent report, Private equity’s joint venture takeover of nonprofit healthcare, examines this growing ownership model and…
A housing advocacy organization has filed complaints in six states and the District of Columbia against the private equity firm Greystar, the largest manager of rental property in the U.S., managing more than a million rental housing units. …
In May, multiple private equity firms announced deals with Open AI, Anthropic, and Google to deploy these companies’ AI tools at private equity firms’ portfolio companies. These deals incentivize private equity-backed firms to adopt specific tools that the…
Since 2024, PESP has tracked and analyzed corporate bankruptcies, identifying the disproportionate role that private equity-owned firms have played in bankruptcy filings. This trend continued in the first half of 2026: although private equity-backed firms make up only…
Should Michigan be handing its resources to Blackstone? Before dedicating land, water, electricity, and public support to the massive Saline data center, state leaders should…
Private equity’s expansion into healthcare is increasingly happening through joint ventures with nonprofit health systems rather than traditional acquisitions. Our recent report, Private equity’s joint venture takeover of nonprofit healthcare, examines this growing ownership model and…
Private equity firms fund risky LNG projects despite severe market volatility and community opposition In June 2026, ownership data for 46 private equity-backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals were updated in the Private…
DW Healthcare- and Linden Capital-backed PPL settles $162 million wage theft class action, faces DOJ lawsuit Private equity firms DW Healthcare Partners and Linden Capital Partners are the largest owners of Public Partnerships, LLC (PPL). In late June,…
Private Equity in Manufacturing In the first quarter of 2026, private equity firms acquired stakes in more than 100 US-based companies with at least 500 employees. Manufacturing firms represented 16% of these deals,…
From January to May 15, 2026, more than 100 companies backed by private equity, venture capital, and other asset management firms notified labor departments about layoffs across the country, resulting in job losses for nearly 13,000 workers. This…
