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Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. It is the biggest shareholder and operator of the Yadana gas pipeline in Burma (now Myanmar) where the army was accused of forced labor and killing in the Tennaserim peninsula. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses. Total has also been sued by villagers in the Lake Albert region of Uganda for land grabbing. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.
 

Toyota makes and sells more cars than almost any other manufacturer in the world. Founded in 1937, the company has been investigated for a number of safety defects such as unintended acceleration in certain vehicle models, use of sub-standard metal components, installation of faulty airbags, and seatbelt failures. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S. for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Workers at Toyota factories in Canada, India, Mexico, and the Philippines as well as the state of Kentucky. have protested the company’s low pay and benefits, and union busting.
 

Uber is a taxi and food delivery service that contracts with gig workers and their vehicles. Founded in 2009, it uses phone location data to match drivers and customers. The first scandal to surface at the company was the use of customer data to spy on them using a tool called "God View.” Later the company was exposed for using another tool called “Greyball” to evade police and government officials as well as unwanted customers.  Uber has been heavily criticized for stealing taxi driver jobs, as well as for paying workers less than minimum wage and refusing to offer benefits such as healthcare and paid leave. Several legal challenges have been brought against Uber as well as a ballot initiative in California over these rights.