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News

  • 17 October 2018

    Investor Brief: National Grid (LON: NG | NYSE: NGG)

    UPDATE: The National Grid lockout ended when members voted overwhelmingly in support of a new 6-year contract in January, 2019.
    National Grid plc is an electricity and gas utility company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Its operations are located in the United Kingdom and North-eastern (...)

  • 3 October 2018

    Press Release: CWC report calls for cost transparency at pension funds across the world

    The CWC report Pension Fund Cost Transparency finds that unions, trustees, legislators and regulators are recognizing the importance of mandating standardized disclosures that inform responsible decision making by trustees. The report examines case studies in the UK, Netherlands, the USA and (...)

  • 26 September 2018

    Did asset managers walk the workers’ rights talk in their submissions to the UK Corporate Governance Code review ?

    Through 2018, the Committee on Workers’ Capital has been working to expose the discrepancies between the statements and the actions of asset managers around the topic of sustainability – particularly the human and labour rights dimension. In this installment of the CWC Blog series on asset (...)

  • 18 September 2018

    Workers’ Capital Unites in San Francisco: Summary of the Week of September 10th

    On September 10-11th, more than 115 worker-nominated pension fund trustees and trade union capital strategists from more than 12 countries came together at LiUNA local 261 union hall in San Francisco to improve accountability in the investment chain and to take stock of advances around the (...)

  • 6 September 2018

    Investor Brief: ExxonMobil

    The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) on behalf of the unions that represent the UGL Limited / ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) maintenance workers – the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) – have prepared an investor brief on ExxonMobil.
    Key workforce issues (...)
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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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