Tag: United

  • United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption

    DETROIT — For the United Auto Workers, the last five years have been one of the most troubling chapters in the union’s storied history. A federal investigation found widespread corruption, with a dozen senior officials, including two former presidents, convicted of embezzling more than $1 million in union funds for luxury travel and other lavish…

  • Will the Biggest Publisher in the United States Get Even Bigger?

    When the largest publisher in the country, Penguin Random House, struck a deal in the fall of 2020 to acquire its rival Simon & Schuster, publishing executives and antitrust experts predicted that the merger would draw intense scrutiny from government regulators. The merger would dramatically alter the literary landscape, shrinking the number of major publishing…