corporations – People's World

Amazon and McDonald’s top ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of dangerous firms

April 25, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Two of the nation’s largest, most-powerful and most-well-known corporations are among the “Dirty Dozen” firms on the latest list of job safety and health lawbreakers.

Starbucks 2020—Another billionaire presidential candidate who doesn’t get it

January 31, 2019 By Jill Richardson

We need a government that understands the lives and struggles of the majority of Americans. Howard Schultz won’t.

Fires put pressure on California utilities despite new pro-company law

November 15, 2018 By Jonathan J. Cooper

"There is a problem when the motive is profit, and that just may not be the right motive for providing utility services.”

Sanders and Warren take aim at abuses by U.S. corporations

September 7, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Walmart and Amazon, worth at least $1 billion, pay workers starvation wages, in Sanders’ words, and count on taxpayers to pick up the tab.

‘Law and order’ Trump soft on corporate crime

July 25, 2018 By Tami Abdollah

During the president’s first year, penalties imposed on corporate violators dropped, in the majority of cases by more than 50 percent.