The preliminary list of AFL-CIO Key Votes 2017 is now available for download. The list can be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file by clicking on the following link: AFL-CIO Key Votes – 2017 Proxy Season and is reproduced below for CorpGov.net readers. The AFL-CIO Key Votes 2017 is designed to help pension fund trustees fulfill their […]
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Unions Launch Global Proxy Review 2014
The 4th annual Global Proxy Review has now been published by the Global Unions Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC), a joint initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD and Global Unions Federation. The report and interactive website encourages investors to take an active role in proxy voting oversight for […]
Florida SBA Increases Shareowner Value Through Active Ownership
The State Board of Administration of Florida (Florida SBA) is the fourth largest public pension fund in the US and was early to announce their votes in advance of annual meetings. Those announcements can be found on the Florida SBA site, as well as on Proxy Democracy. The following is from a press release that Florida […]
AFL-CIO Announces ‘Key Votes"
Shareholder Proposals: “FOR” votes are consistent with the AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines (more…)
2013 AFL-CIO Key Vote: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Director Election
The Hewlett-Packard director elections of John H. Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson will be the first vote included in the 2013 AFL-CIO Key Votes Survey. The HPQ shareholder meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2013. Votes “AGAINST” HPQ directors Hammergren and Thompson are consistent with the AFL-CIO’s Proxy Voting Guidelines (Item #1-04 and #1-09 on HP’s […]
AFL-CIO Key Votes
The AFL-CIO released its 2010 Key Votes Survey report on investment manager proxy voting. They also released an updated list of AFL-CIO Key-Votes-as-of-Feb-4-2011 for the current proxy season. Upcoming votes include those at Apple on CEO succession planning (item 5) on February 23, Navistar on golden parachutes (item 6) on February 15, and Whole Foods […]
AFL-CIO Updates 2010 Key Votes
Additions to the 2010 Key Votes include a proposal at Goldman Sachs on political contributions disclosure and a proposal at Chesapeake Energy to prohibit margin trading by executives. The list of votes for the AFL-CIO Key Votes Survey is current as of April 8, 2010 and will be updated as the proxy season commences.
AFL-CIO Key Votes
Since 1997, the AFL-CIO’s Key Votes Survey has helped pension fund trustees fulfill their fiduciary obligations to monitor their investment managers’ proxy voting performance. The proposals included in the Key Votes Survey are submitted by a variety of union-sponsored and public pension funds, employee shareholders and other investors and are consistent with the AFL-CIO Proxy […]