Corporate underminers of democracy
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Technology companies Amazon, Meta, and Tesla are among seven firms being named the worst corporate underminers of democracy by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

In its report, the ITUC published a list of seven companies it said were “emblematic” of the ways large international corporations have begun tossing their weight around to influence global affairs.

The list of corporate underminers of democracy for 2024 is:

  • Amazon.com, Inc.
  • Blackstone Group
  • ExxonMobil
  • Glencore
  • Meta
  • Tesla
  • The Vanguard Group

Those businesses, ITUC noted, violate trade union and alleged human rights, monopolize media and technology, exacerbate the climate catastrophe and try to privatize public services in a way that “protects and expands [their] own profits by undermining democracy.”

“These companies deploy complex lobbying operations to undermine popular will and disrupt existing or nascent global policy that could hold them accountable,” the report says.