Altria Group

AGREEMENT GRADE
f
Fortune 500 Rank (2018)
154
OWLER CEO APPROVAL RATING
58/100
GLASSDOOR RATING
3.8/5
CEO
Howard A.Willard

Altria Group, Inc. (renamed from Philip Morris Companies Inc. on January 27, 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes and related products. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside the city of Richmond. Altria is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, Inc., Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.

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Altria Group Distribution Co.’s employment arbitration agreement with a Missouri worker is invalid because it gave the company the exclusive right to cancel or change without restriction, a state appeals court ruled. Addressing an issue of first impression, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western Division, said March 5 that Altria’s unrestricted, unshared power to modify the pact meant the company could nix a worker’s arbitration rights by changing or canceling the agreement after learning a worker is about to file… -Bloomberg Law (2019)

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