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Newly released investigation finds all eleven of the largest firms received grades of “C” or lower, with seven earning failing grades. On November 13, 2023, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a first-of-its-kind Private Equity…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project and United for Respect launched its labor rights platform this week on International Workers’ Day. Knowing that the private equity industry must correct its course and improve its treatment of workers, PESP and members…
Sycamore Partners has ignored multiple messages since November 2022 from Private Equity Stakeholder Project and worker organizations requesting a meeting to discuss how they can improve conditions for the workers they employ and those in their supply chain.
PESP sent an alert in December detailing how Sycamore Partners’ strategy has hurt workers and generated poor returns for investors. Since November, Sycamore Partners has ignored multiple messages requesting a meeting to discuss how it can improve…
Sycamore Partners recently formed its new buyout fund and will likely be fundraising again in early 2023. We have reached out to Sycamore Partners multiple times to discuss how they can improve conditions for the workers they employ and those…
For the past two years, Kohl’s has been embroiled in proxy fights with the hedge fund Macellum Advisors. Macellum proposed an alternate slate of directors before the 2022 Annual Meeting, and…
Thai workers have won the largest wage-theft settlement at a garment factory after a year-long campaign supported by international labor rights advocates. The Solidarity Center and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) announced…
United for Respect, Private Equity Stakeholder Project, and Americans for Financial Reform today announced that they had sent the below letter to Kohl’s Corporation’s (NYSE: KSS) Board of Directors and Investors. The groups urged the board and…
The Fight for $15 began ten years ago with mass strikes by workers at McDonald’s and other fast-food companies in multiple cities across the U.S. Since then, the $15 minimum wage has gained an enormous amount of traction and has…
Private Equity Firm Sycamore Partners’ Brands Must Ensure Garment Workers Receive $7.8 Million in Unpaid Compensation The clothing store chains Lane Bryant and Torrid are portfolio brands of private equity firm Sycamore Partners.[1] The Brilliant Alliance Thai Global garment…
Department store chain J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in May, closing a number of stores and laying off workers. Private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which also owns retailers Staples, Belk, and The Limited,…
Department store chain J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in May with 846 stores and 85,000 employees at the time of the filing. Earlier this week, current and former employees of multiple private equity-owned retailers sent a letter to…
