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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…
Private equity-backed prison healthcare contractor YesCare (formerly Corizon Health) is trying to complete a process which would allow the company to shed millions of dollars in legal and financial liabilities. If allowed to succeed, YesCare will be an example for…
In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…
In January, private equity giant Blackstone announced plans to acquire real estate firm Tricon Residential. Blackstone, which is already the largest landlord in the nation and the world, would add 38,000 single family rental properties in the U.S.
In a recent blog post by Reclaim Finance, the organization brought attention to the environmental impact of one of the largest private equity firms globally, The Carlyle Group. Highlighting the research conducted by…
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…
A new report, released this year by PESP, examines the role of private equity in the growing multibillion-dollar Medicare Advantage industry. With a rapidly aging population in the US, and therefore growing market for Medicare Advantage products, the MA sector…
Last month, community members from South Texas joined together with PESP and other activists and watchdog groups at the headquarters of private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to demand an end to GIP’s proposed liquid natural gas project, Rio…
In late 2023, The University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) published a list of the top industrial climate, air, and water polluters in the United States. Nine private equity firms…
Statement from Chris Noble, policy director at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), on Wednesday’s SEC vote on a final version of its climate disclosure rule: The SEC rule now removes any requirements for public companies to disclose…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a report providing an in-depth analysis of private equity dealmaking in the healthcare sector throughout 2023. Titled “Private Equity in U.S. Healthcare: Trends in 2023 Deal Activity”…
