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The rise of the working-class shareholder

by David Webber

Industrial relationsStockholdersPension trustsLabor economicsEconomic conditionsLabor unionsWorking classInvestments

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.--

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Book data: Open Library