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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.
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  • 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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  • 29 June 2017

    Archer Capital Investor Brief

    The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), on behalf of affiliate unions with coverage of the Australian aviation industry, particularly the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Australian Services Union (ASU), is kindly asking that: Union-nominated pension trustees raise at their Board (...)
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