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...Janus argues he is preserving his free speech rights; AFSCME counters he wants a “free ride” on the pay, benefits and work conditions it has negotiated....
...Last week the US Supreme Court ruled in the Janus v AFSCME case that it is unconstitutional to require non-union member workers in the public sector to pay (reduced) fees to unions that negotiate salaries...
...It’s an apt name for the Supreme Court’s latest terrible decision, the 5-4 ruling in Janus v AFSCME, which will defund what is left of America’s union movement....
...The association allied itself with large state-level public sector unions such as the AFSCME and the SEIU....
...Four unions that had opposed the plan — AFSCME Council 31, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Nurses Association and Teamsters Local 700 — welcomed the ruling....
...According to John Keenan, a governance analyst at AFSCME, the largest trade union of public employees in the US, the average support rate for similar proposals so far this year is about 28 per cent, marking...
...Already, the resistance from the financial services industry is “huge,” says John Keenan, a lobbying specialist at AFSCME, the largest trade union of public employees in the US....
...Last week, Sharon Levine, a lawyer representing the AFSCME and AFL-CIO unions, told the FT her clients viewed the process as “extremely one-sided and heavy handed against the retirees”....
...FGIC has the backing of the AFSCME and AFL-CIO unions and of Syncora, the bond insurer....
...Sharon Levine, a lawyer representing the AFSCME and AFL-CIO unions, said her clients viewed “the process as extremely one sided and heavy handed against the retirees”....
...“John is a brilliant, skillful, pragmatic labor leader-politician, at the top of the class,” said Nicholas, head of AFSCME Local 1199C, the hospital and health-care workers’ union....
...Shareholders including the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan and the NYC Pension Funds are spearheading a proposal that would ask the board to separate the two roles....
...Last year, union pension fund AFSCME spearheaded a similar effort which ended with Goldman appointing a lead director on its board....
...“JPMorgan is the poster child for why the two roles should be separate,” says Lisa Lindsley, director of capital strategies at AFSCME, a public services employee union which is spearheading this year’s shareholder...
...Henry Bayer, executive director of the Illinois chapter of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), said the failed bills floated by the state’s governor and a bipartisan...
...Investors including the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, the NYC Pension Funds, and Hermes Equity Ownership Services are spearheading a shareholder proposal that would ask the bank’s board to appoint an independent...
...AFSCME is pushing the same agenda at JPMorgan in a resolution that is scheduled to go to a shareholder vote....
...The AFSCME, a union pension fund, has expressed concern that murky tax policies are storing up big risks for companies – but in the past two years its attempts to force shareholder votes on tax issues have...
...Lisa Lindsley, an official from the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, said: “Mr Dimon is effectively in charge of monitoring his own performance....
...Lisa Lindsley, an official from the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, called at the meeting for Mr Dimon to give up his position as chairman, which she said was important “even before the losses disclosed last...
...Mr Blankfein’s dual-position at the bank has been criticised by AFSCME, a union pension fund that holds shares in the bank and had been pressing Goldman to split the roles of chairman and chief executive...
...This year, both the SEIU and AFSCME unions are funding attack ads to try to weaken Mr Romney, the candidate that Mr Obama’s re-election campaign most fears, and make it more difficult for him to capture...
...AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, a union pension scheme, which has also pushed for a separation of the roles at Goldman Sachs, said it “would be particularly constructive” at JPMorgan....
...AFSCME continues to press for the separation of chairman and chief executive at other banks. Mr Pryce-Jones wants the same thing and has highlighted Bank of New York Mellon as a prime candidate....
...“For us this is not an academic discussion about discount rates, but more of a discussion about relative equities involved in solving what are obviously substantial problems,” says Steve Kreisberg of AFSCME...
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