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News

  • 26 April 2020

    Investor Brief: Amazon.com, Inc. and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Amazon’s explosive growth has accelerated as a result of COVID-19 public health restrictions, creating new stress on the company’s operations. The company faces challenges in keeping its workforce, its customers, and the communities it serves safe - challenges that are amplified under increased (...)

  • 25 April 2020

    Workforce Best Practices for COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for companies to adopt best practices to protect their workers, their customers and the communities they serve.
    We encourage companies to adopt a set of recommended policies and practices that were developed in consultation with occupational and (...)

  • 22 April 2020

    April 2020 CWC News Bulletin

    The April 2020 CWC News Bulletin is online.
    In this newsletter:
    News from the CWC Secretariat
    A note from the Secretariat regarding COVID-19 CWC/Trustee Leadership Forum (Boston, USA) postponed: UN PRI’s response to COVID-19 CWC Networked Secretariat member Therese Schets (FNV- Netherlands) (...)

  • 21 April 2020

    Labour risks at Amazon’s operations in Spain

    An update on Amazon’s operations in Spain by Mario Sanchez Richter, Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CS CCOO).
    After several people developed symptoms in Amazon centers, management unilaterally implemented a protocol for prevention and action in response to the pandemic. The (...)

  • 13 December 2019

    Webinar on Work, Rights, and Risks at Amazon

    The Committee on Workers Capital and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility organized a joint webinar on Thursday, January 23rd, 2020. The webinar recording is now available at this link.
    Amazon has grown rapidly to become the third-largest private employer in the world, with (...)
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Documents

  • 26 October 2022

    Join us at the 2022 CWC Conference in Barcelona, Spain on November 28-29

    From November 28-29, the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital will be holding its annual conference, in person, in Barcelona, Spain. The conference is the premier forum for international collaboration and dialogue between trade unions and pension fund trustees to effect change in the (...)

  • 17 August 2022

    Registration: 2022 Workers’ Capital Conference

    On Nov. 28 and 29, the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital will be holding its annual conference, in person, in Barcelona, Spain.
    The global convening of pension funds trustees, trade union representatives and other stakeholders will take place in the Auditorium of the Confederación (...)

  • 12 July 2022

    Global Trade Unions Release Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights

    The Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) has released its Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights (“CWC Baseline Expectations”). Developed by trade unions and pension fund board members as part of the Asset Manager Accountability Initiative, the CWC (...)

  • 4 May 2022

    Trustees Driving Real World Impact: An Interview with Cheri Hearty (Canada)

    The first interview from the CWC’s 2022 Trustee Leadership Profile Series features Cheri Hearty, a Canadian union-elected trustee and co-chair of the Pension Plan for the Employees of the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union since 2019. Despite being from a smaller plan, Cheri’s knows how to (...)

  • 27 September 2021

    2021 CWC Virtual Conference Agenda

    The CWC 2021 Virtual Conference Draft Agenda is now online.
    The CWC 2021 Virtual Conference Agenda will be updated on a periodic basis. Please check back regularly for updates.
    Click here to register
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