Mark Weisbrot wrote: > > Consider this proposal from Pen-l alum Dean Baker: > > How about trying to get a shareholder proposal within > TIAA/CREF, which would mandate that the pension fund > would not invest in any company whose compensation > for any single executive exceeded a certain amount, > say, $3,000,000? We have a lot of TIAA/CREF members > on pen-l and could easily use the internet to > scare up lots more. Anyway I don't know the exact > procedure for getting these things to a vote, but if > we even succeeded in doing that, win or lose it would > have to have scare the hell out of a lot > of important people. (Some of you may have seen > the recent NYT article on TIAA/CFRE using its muscle > on W.R. Grace). > > What say, any takers? > > Mark Weisbrot I agree. I'm for it. When/how do we start? -- Mike Meeropol Economics Department Cultures Past and Present Program Western New England College Springfield, Massachusetts "Don't blame us, we voted for George McGovern!" Unrepentent Leftist!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] [if at bitnet node: in%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but that's fading fast!]
