Coverage of @CICTAR_Tax research on Starbucks rolling in.
While workers from @SEIU@SBWorkersUnited lead strikes for fairer pay, Starbucks routes billions through Switzerland, pilling up profits where taxes are low.
Check out our video for more: https://t.co/Sqh0GCxRsb
Podcast with @JasonWardCICTAR from the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (@CICTAR_Tax) about the Orpea scandal, and other Canadian pension fund activities around the world:
https://t.co/Q78BTVtEnm
Konrad Benjamin on fire in today’s gas tax inquiry, says those claiming “we can’t afford anything” are full of it, & we have plenty of resources to benefit from
“This gas issue is the perfect eg of how it’s a lie”
“We’ve been sold out”🔥 #auspol@punterspolitix@TheAusInstitute
"The new information will be hugely beneficial, but there will still be some gaps" CICTAR's Jason Ward quoted in an excellent round up by Bloomberg of new tax transparency regimes. Australia described as the current 'gold standard' but more to do!
https://t.co/dBozxRlS8a
Check out this video about our new report, from our partners and comrades at the Maritime Union of Australia: https://t.co/Apnl1Uqz17
The report is here: https://t.co/XhqdSPvUft
Launching #TAXDATA where you can find Australia's biggest 'lifters and leaners' with the tap of a keystroke
A co-pro with UTS and @JasonWardCICTAR#auspol
https://t.co/zgK9TEM8oE
Starbucks’ shifts profits to Switzerland, leaving scant revenue for coffee-producing countries. Read all about it in the new CICTAR report: https://t.co/YrZNSFstJb...
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Wealth is buying political power. Today's billionaires "make the robber barons look like petty thieves."
@martinwolf_ & @paulkrugman dissect modern oligarchy in their @FT podcast.
Their highlighted solution?
The tool America invented: progressive taxation.
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🗞️ PSI's weekly newsletter is out!
Unions fight back—across borders and sectors ✊
🇧🇴 After 23 days of strikes & road blockades, workers forced Bolivia’s government to drop measures that threatened mass public-sector layoffs and weakened worker protections.
🇺🇸 Nurses in 5 pvt hospitals of New York strike for safe staffing, fair pay, and patient safety.
🇬🇭 Unions in Ghana Lead Nationwide Protest to Stop Electricity Privatisation
More here 👉 https://t.co/RKWa8o1fib
#NYCNurseStrike #SafeStaffingSavesLives #PatientsOverProfits #Bolivia #StopPrivatisation
🚨NEW: EU procurement rules keep awarding the tax avoiders!
EU #procurement rules must require #tax transparency from major bidders - and exclude those who won’t provide it. Until they pay their fair share!
Read the @CICTAR_Tax report here👇🏾
https://t.co/Nw2Dct67ss
For 4 years, Starbucks @SBWorkersUnited baristas have been fighting for a fair contract, while their CEO makes 6,666x what the average worker does.
As baristas at corporate stores are on strike, America’s unions have their backs. Their fight is ALL of our fight.
'this reform will be Lula's greatest legacy of fiscal justice in his three terms as president and will remove the country from the shameful list of countries that do not tax dividends.'
CICTAR's Livi Gerbase on Brazil's new tax reform: https://t.co/Bb4VORtKxG
@PSIglobalunion
The Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research, Canadians for Tax Fairness & IMPACT, along with Canadian writer Alain Deneault will share their thoughts on the use of offshore tax havens with finance committee members #cdnpoli https://t.co/HZrQFIt5Wg
Samir Said @PSIglobalunion Africa Organising coordinator opens the Organising panel in front of 500 African and Arab speaking trade unionist - his message - when we fight we win!
Hear @SEIUPres@aprildverrett speak about our shared global struggle for public services and workers' rights at PSI AFRECON conference in Ghana today!
"These partnerships are proof that solidarity is not an idea: it is a practice"
Full vid here: https://t.co/jm5FyPBGFu @SEIU
#afrecon2025 - Delegates from 82 unions across 34 African and Arab countries have gathered in Accra, Ghana, united by one powerful mission: "Quality Public Services for Dignity" - because dignity is a right, not a privilege.