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Concerns Growing over Private Equity Buyouts’ Impact on Students, Workers, the Environment

With debate growing in Washington and around the country about the impact of the private equity buyout industry on America, a new series of activities this summer led by one of the nation’s largest unions and community organizations will highlight the emerging concerns about buyouts on working Americans, communities, and the environment. For more info visit www.BehindtheBuyouts.org.

The slate of activities were announced in New York today by SEIU and the Working Families Party as buyout industry and Wall Street leaders gathered at the Wall Street Journal’s Deals & Dealmakers Conference at the New York Stock Exchange.

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Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 11:59AM by Registered CommenterAndrew McDonald in , , , | Comments Off | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

ServiceMaster Shareholders, Coalition of Religious Leaders, Environmentalists, SEIU to Call on CD&R in Shareholders Meeting to Make TruGreen 'Truly Green'

Citing the public health and environmental dangers of lawn care pesticides used by TruGreen ChemLawn and its parent company ServiceMaster, a powerful coalition of religious leaders from around the nation, regional and national environmental groups, as well as workers will hold a prayer vigil outside the June 28th Shareholder meeting being held in Chicago.

Following the vigil, a delegation of religious leaders will attend the shareholders meeting in order to meet with representatives of ServiceMaster (NYSE: SVM) new owners, private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Religious leaders will ask CD&R to immediately take steps to safeguard the nations' children and pets by directing ServiceMaster to curb its pesticide use and "Be Truly Green."

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Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 05:29PM by Registered CommenterAnthony S Jennings in , , | Comments Off | References1 Reference | EmailEmail | PrintPrint