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	<title><![CDATA[People Aren't Products: Fighting Lazard's Gouging Of The Elderly]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-bosworth/people-arent-products-fig_b_111882.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><b>Crossposted at <a href="http://boztopia.com/?p=199">Boztopia</a> and <a href="http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6863">Open Left</a></b></p>

<p>Over the last week, I've been <a href="http://boztopia.com/?page_id=190" target="_blank">documenting the struggle </a>between workers and residents of the Atria assisted living facilities chain, and Bruce Wasserstein, CEO of the Lazard investment firm, who has reaped enormous profits from an affiliated fund's holdings in Atria, while the workers endure low pay and terrible conditions, the residents suffer neglect, and the shareholders continually lose value in their investment. If you've been reading thus far, you're probably...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-18T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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