Washington, D.C. Dec. 10, 2019 – A new compilation of business-misconduct lawsuits filed by local prosecutors in the nation’s largest cities and counties finds that California accounts for far more cases than any other state. Since the beginning of 2000, local California prosecutors have brought 441 successful suits against corporations, representing more than three-quarters of […]
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Amazon HQ2 Auction Exposes Tax Break-Industrial Complex
Washington, DC, Feb. 19, 2019—Good Jobs First, the watchdog group on economic development incentives, today released a strategic proposal for ending the “economic war among the states.” Greg LeRoy, GJF’s executive director, said it issued the strategy because it has received so many inquiries from public officials and concerned citizens outraged by the public auction […]
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Report: Wage Theft is Pervasive in Corporate America
Washington, DC, June 6, 2018—A new report finds that many large corporations operating in the United States have boosted their profits by forcing employees to work off the clock, cheating them out of required overtime pay and engaging in similar practices that together are known as wage theft. The detailed analysis of federal and state […]
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Study: Most Big Localities Still Fail to Disclose Tax-Break Recipients
WASHINGTON, DC, March 8, 2017 – More than half of the nation’s 50 biggest cities and counties still fail to disclose online even the names of the companies receiving property tax abatements or other costly economic development incentives. Even fewer report incentive-deal outcomes: Only 13 of the 50 localities disclose the number of actual jobs […]