Whatever happened to the Goldman Sachs Union?
“The public face of the Goldman Sachs Japan Employee Union was Timothy Langley of Langley Esquire, a former U.S. lawyer who consulted the laid-off employees. He now admits that generating interest and public support was a ‘specific element of the negotiating approach to a reluctant Goldman Sachs.’”
“People realized that not even a giant company like Goldman Sachs is above the law,” he said.
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