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This spring, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project launched the Private Equity State Risk Index, a groundbreaking tool aimed at assessing the impacts of private equity on different states. The Private Equity State Risk Index provides stakeholders…
This past week, Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, held its global limited partner (LP) conference in Boca Raton, Florida. A limited partner in private equity or venture capital refers to an individual or entity that provides capital…
Last month, PESP’s labor team traveled to Chicago to present to a packed room at the 2024 LaborNotes conference. Led by Senior Research Coordinator Azani Creeks and Campaign Coordinator Valentina Dabos, PESP’s panel centered on tactics for…
Resources for private equity investors seeking to mitigate labor-related risks State pension funds managing over a trillion dollars in combined retirement assets have adopted Responsible Workforce Management policies to help drive value and manage risk in their private…
Last month, regulators approved private equity firm Roark Capital’s acquisition of sandwich giant Subway following a probe by the Federal Trade Commission. In November 2023, the FTC announced…
On April 23, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, announced the fund’s adoption of a Responsible Workforce Management Policy and Principles for its…
Today, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), a nonprofit watchdog of the private equity industry and Wall Street, launches the Private Equity State Risk Index, a groundbreaking tool aimed at assessing the impacts of private equity (PE)…
More than a year after a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation exposed child labor at Blackstone’s Packers Sanitation (PSSI), injuries continue at PSSI worksites, and the company has fought OSHA oversight with legal maneuvering, including making efforts…
For over a year, Instar-owned Windmill Farms has made headlines over troubling accusations of labor rights violations at the Washington-based mushroom farm. While management has stated that workers do not need a union, investors should be concerned about…
A recent video by More Perfect Union analyzes private equity firm Roark Capital’s low-wage fast food empire and how it impacts the approximately 1.4 million people working at their portfolio companies. Companies owned by Roark…
Following the announcement that private equity giant Blackstone plans to acquire Tricon Residential, Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and partners UNITE HERE Local 11, AFSCME Local 3299, and the Alliance of…
Group calls it a win for consumers and workers; Albertsons owner Cerberus recently received a failing grade in first-ever labor scorecard Statement by Justin Flores, Labor-Jobs Director at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP),…
