- Private Equity Investments and Labour: Current trends and challenges of trade unions0.05 MB
This report, by Global Labour Column and edited by CSID at Wits University,states that the 2008 global economic crisis revealed how deeply the social life of the working class has been affected by deregulated finance. In this setting, the impact of private equity funds on working conditions has been attracting lots of attention since private equity funds - such as Blackstone, Carlyle Group or Texas Pacific Group - have been responsible for the employment standards of tens of millions of workers. Truly, as workers are confronted with over $1-trillion in worldwide concentrated private equity buyout power, the relevance of private equity funds is outstanding in an analysis of the perspectives of mergers & acquisitions, employment and organised labour.
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