UNI has protested to Standard Chartered Bank over the dismissals of two key union leaders in Zimbabwe.
Philip J. Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union has written to Mr Matsaira, Ma...
Long established UK private equity group 3i is refusing to recognise a trade union in one of the companies it has purchased - National Car Parks.
Car park attendants in Enfield North London went...
UNI affiliates in South Africa are concerned at a wave of private equity buyout activity in their country.
Globally private equity funds have a war chest of $500bn to spend and South Africa is ...
Employees generally lose benefits and job security when their company is bought out by private equity funds.
Another trade union criticism of the rise and rise of private equity funds - big enou...
The secrecy surrounding the buyout by private equity of South Africa’s Shoprite Checkers and the huge debt burden this has left are causing concern to affiliate SACCAWU.
The union has 35,000 mem...
UNI’s Philip Jennings has called for more transparency in the operations of increasingly ambitious private equity groups and tougher regulations to protect against de-stabilising company collapse...
Private equity buyouts are becoming a big issue in Australia - where the government is considering the purchase of national flag carrier Qantas by a consortium headed by Macquarie Bank.
Unions a...
A wave of bad publicity over the excesses of some private equity funds has prompted a charm offensive as funds begin to emerge from the shadows.
Having captured the headlines at the World Econom...
The public spotlight is shining strongly on private equity and hedge funds as politicians join the debate over the runaway financialisation of the global economy.
In the UK two candidates for th...
The campaign to head off a trip to Cannes, France by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been a success.
The London Times reports from Paris that French President Jacques Chirac has bowed to ...
