Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-318) and index.
Contents:
Safeway : changing the math -- The new suffragists : the fight for meaningful corporate elections -- The silence of the lions : reining in hedge funds and private equity -- Checks and imbalances : saying no to the imperial CEO -- The people's lobbyists versus private equity -- The new sheriffs of Wall Street : working class shareholders fight fraud -- The law of fiduciary duty and the risk of capture : in whose interests should these funds invest, anyway? -- The retirement "crises" and the future of labor's capital : the Koch et al -- Offensive against working class shareholders.
Summary:
David H. Webber shines a light on labor's most potent remaining weapon: its multitrillion-dollar pension funds. Outmaneuvered at the bargaining table and in the courts, state houses, and Washington, worker organizations are beginning to exercise muscle through markets. Shareholder activism is a rare good-news story for America's working class.-- Provided by publisher.
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