Letters, Statements & More

• Major Investors Call on JPMorgan Chase to Name Independent Board ChairCoalition with $820 million in JPM shares seeks stronger, more independent governance and oversight
• Too Big to Fail and Imperial CEOs Targeted as AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 2013 Shareholder Proposals
• Institutional Investors Continue to Press Companies for Disclosure of LobbyingShareholder resolutions filed with more than 50 companies by more than 65 institutional and individual investors for 2013.
• Shareholders Ask Citigroup Board to Explore Structural Changes
• Meet Richard Hayes. He Picks Up Mitt Romney’s Trash.AFSCME launches campaign featuring public workers who service Mitt Romney’s La Jolla, Calif., neighborhood
• AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”Statement of AFSCME Plan Trustee Gerald W. McEntee on JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss
• AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Dean FoodsRecommends Vote Against Executive Compensation
• “A Step in the Right Direction to Make Sure Wall St. CEOs Are Held Accountable”Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee following an agreement reached with Goldman Sachs to adopt a lead director
• AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Johnson & JohnsonRecommends Vote against Executive Compensation
• Investors Announce New Shareholder Initiative Seeking Disclosure of Company Lobbying Activities
• Imperial CEOs Targeted as AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 2012 Shareholder Proposals
• AFSCME Plan to JP Morgan: End Dimon Double Duty
• AFSCME Plan to Goldman Sachs: Adopt Independent Board ChairProposal seeks removal of CEO Lloyd Blankfein as Chairman of Board
• Vanguard Tops List of Excessive CEO Pay EnablersNew Report Examines Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Patterns on Executive Compensation
• AFSCME and RAM Trust Urge Exxon Mobil Shareholders to Rein in CEO Pay, Implement Governance Improvements on May 25
• AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Vote against Executive Compensation at Pfizer (PFE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
• Ohio Bill “A Reprehensible Attack on the Middle Class” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee regarding Ohio SB 5, legislation to silence the voice of public service workers and limit their right to collective bargaining
• Investors Issue Call for Annual Vote on Executive PayToday 39 institutional investors, issued a public call for companies to support an annual advisory vote on executive compensation in their spring proxy statements and for investors to vote for annual “Say on Pay” votes.
• AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 27 Shareholder ProposalsThe American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) Employees Pension Plan, today announced its 27 proposals for greater transparency concerning risk, director accountability and independent board leadership.
• Barclays, Northern, State Street and Vanguard Top List of Mutual Funds Enabling Excessive CEO PayNew Report Examines Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Patterns on Executive Compensation
• AFSCME Releases Best Practices Guide for Pension SystemsReport Serves as a Road Map to Protect Retirement Security
• AllianceBernstein, Ameriprise, Barclays and Columbia Top List of Mutual Funds Supporting Excessive CEO PayNew Report Examines Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Patterns on CEO Salaries