Workers, communities, and the nation as a whole should share in the economic opportunities being created by the booming private equity buyout industry, according to a new report released by the 1.8 million-member SEIU (Service Employees International Union).
“The new economy is leaving millions of Americans squeezed out of the middle class, without opportunities, while a very small number of people grow incredibly wealthy,” said SEIU Assistant to the President Stephen Lerner. “The wealth being built in the buyout industry can be put to work to create new opportunities for the millions of people shut out of the American Dream.”
The report is available online at www.BehindtheBuyouts.org.