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  • 20 June 2019

    Call to action: Trustee involvement in the Asset Manager Accountability Initiative

    Join your colleagues from around the world in a CWC initiative to improve the accountability of asset managers to asset owners.
    The CWC is actively seeking trustees whose funds use the following asset managers to participate in meetings this fall: Amundi BlackRock MacQuarie UBS
    Some of these (...)

  • 14 June 2019

    Proxy Alert: Alphabet Inc.

    Please consider a vote in support of Resolution 11 at Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google): Stockholder proposal regarding the nomination of an employee representative director
    The Change to Win (CtW) Investment Group has filed the following resolution: THAT shareholders of Alphabet Inc. (...)

  • 10 May 2019

    Sharan Burrow: As Uber goes public, the fight against its broken business model continues

    This piece was originally published on Equal Times
    Uber markets itself as a “disruptive innovation” that is reconfiguring global transportation markets as it extends across countries and sectors.
    The hallmark of platform businesses, Uber announced it would be going public this Friday in what (...)

  • 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 (...)

  • 7 May 2019

    USW Local 9700 members at Alcoa AGM in Pittsburg

    USW / Steelworkers Local 9700 members are in Pittsburg on May 8 to protest at the Alcoa shareholders’ meeting.
    In January 2019, Alcoa and Rio Tinto Alcan jointly decided to lock out 1030 workers at the Bécancour smelter (ABI) in Centre-du-Québec (near the Mauricie region), Canada. Negotiations (...)
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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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