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Union’s Call for Editorial Staff Ouster Raises Ownership Questions

Union's Call for Editorial Staff Ouster Raises Ownership Questions

Last week, I posted a summary of a LERA presentation on the benefits of private equity firms using labor pension funds to invest in struggling businesses. One of the upshots discussed was that the pension funds could use their investments to advance the agendas of the union.

At least one union is stretching the limits of that theory.

Tim Eavenson: No Retirement? It’s not so bad…

I’m fairly convinced that retirement is a scant possibility for me, but that’s not so bad. At age 28, I am fully prepared to work until my dying day.