David Webber Book Talk: The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon from value of pension fund Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 34 min 76 sec ✓ Published: 20-Dec-2023
Description: When supermarket chain Safeway cut wages and benefits for unionized workers, the corporation expected they could withstand the traditional strike. It was a new tactic, however, that proved more successful. A public employees’ pension fund leveraged its $300 billion investment to lead a shareholder revolt that unseated three Safeway board members.nnIn The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon, David Webber uses such cases to explore one of labor’s unheralded weapon
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