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  • 7 May 2019

    Trustee Brief: Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE:UBER)

    This brief summarizes some key considerations and risks associated with a potential investment in Uber. It includes steps trustees can take and questions you can bring forward to your boards, consultants, managers and staff.
    Please note that this brief was published on May 7, 2019.
    [PDF (...)

  • 9 April 2019

    Opinion: Debates in Australia about superannuation funds raising labour practices at BHP are 15 years behind

    On March 3, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg wrote a letter to the national prudential authority about the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ request that superannuation funds engage mining giant BHP on a pressing labour issue.
    "In disregard for the law, militant unions are acting like big (...)

  • 21 March 2019

    Workers’ Capital in Action: The Las Vegas Hard Rock Casino

    For over 8 years, valet workers at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas had been fighting for union protection with the Teamsters. The struggle was marked by countless federal court hearings, National Labor Relations Board charges, letters, meetings and demonstrations. The Teamsters’ (...)

  • 14 February 2018

    An Interview with Roslyn McLennan (Australia)

    Roslyn McLennan was appointed to the Sunsuper board in 2015 as a member representative on behalf of the Queensland Council of Unions. She is also a member of the fund’s Investment Committee, Remuneration, Nomination and Governance Committee, Successor Funds Transfer Committee and Claims (...)

  • 3 October 2017

    A Class of Precarity: Why worker misclassification matters for investors

    When U.S. truck driver Edgardo Villatoro received his paycheck in November 2015 from XPO Logistics Inc., his gross pay was $2,054.05. The number on his paycheck, however, was $337.26. The remainder of his earnings went to expenses such as fuel, insurance, parking, maintenance and administrative (...)
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Documents

  • 7 May 2019

    Trustee Brief: Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE:UBER)

    This brief summarizes some key considerations and risks associated with a potential investment in Uber. It includes steps trustees can take and questions you can bring forward to your boards, consultants, managers and staff.
    Please note that this brief was published on May 7, 2019.
    [PDF (...)

  • 18 October 2018

    Workers’ rights take center stage in San Francisco: Reflections on the CWC Conference, PRI in Person and the Marriott Workers’ Strike

    Labour issues do not usually take centre-stage among ESG priorities at the annual PRI in Person conferences. That changed this year, when Marriott hotel worker Consuelo Escorcia addressed the attendees from the stage during the opening plenary, providing the often-abstract debates on whether (...)

  • 1 December 2017

    Sports Direct Shareholders Resolution

    The Trade Union Share Owners (TUSO - UK) has written a letter regarding a vote to take place at the upcoming Sports Direct International PLC AGM on December 13 2017. Sports Direct PLC is listed on FTSE 250 equity index.
    CWC participants are encouraged to VOTE AGAINST Resolution 1 to approve (...)

  • 27 November 2017

    CWC November 2017 Newsletter

    In this edition of the CWC’s newsletter: The CWC Conference Portrait d’administrateur/Trustee Profile: Philippe Soubirous Woolworths shareholder resolutions (Australia) CWC in the news: Fees in the investment chain News and notes from CWC participants: Updates on capital stewardship in (...)

  • 11 July 2017

    CWC July 2017 Newsletter

    In this edition of the CWC’s newsletter: The CWC Conference Trustee Profile of Sharon Hendricks, vice-chair of the California State Teacher’s Retirement System in English, en français, en español Archer Capital CWC at the Trustee Leadership Forum News and notes from CWC participants: Updates on (...)
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