Oh My, How The ‘Woke’ Are Just Tools Of The Corporate Behemoths | “Shareholders challenging Apple on unions & alleged slave labor” | Apple Insider

December 1, 2022 / Great Bloggers

Well in advance of the annual shareholders’ meeting, Apple investors have filed challenges that the board must address, such as the company’s stance on unions and human rights in China.

Trillium Asset Management filed a union proposal, asking Apple’s board to improve its oversight of how the company’s management has handled recent unionizing. Trillium also mentioned how employees had allegedly accused Apple of intimidation tactics to deter employees from organizing.

Advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services also plans to consider recommending against board members at companies that fail to act on shareholder proposals that have won majority support.

Another proposal, by activist group SumOfUs, calls for Apple to create a “phaseout transition plan” to stop the company’s supply chain from using labor from Uyghur forced labor programs. Apple had also been challenged on that topic in 2021.

Apple faces two other proposals that call on the board of directors to examine the company’s remote work policies on employee retention and competitiveness, according to the Financial Times.

In August, the UN published a report that accused China of “serious human rights violations” regarding Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. Apple told the SEC that there was “no evidence that any of its suppliers were located” in the Xinjiang region, home to the Uyghurs.

Apple isn’t fighting the union proposal but does plan to challenge the others because they involve internal business decisions that don’t pertain to outsiders.

Shareholders challenging Apple on unions & alleged slave labor | Apple Insider

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Topics in this episode include:

1. El Paso, TX Braces for Influx of Illegal Immigrants
2. Kari Lake at America Fest
3. Musk Launches Poll on His Future as Twitter CEO
4. Starbucks Union Strike
5. China Struggling to Keep Up With Covid Deaths
6. Over 5000 Lbs of Opium Seized at Canadian Port
7. Thai Navy Vessel Sinks Off Thailand’s Coast
8. 36 Injured After Hawaiian Flight Hits Extreme Turbulence
9. Couple Survives Car Crash Off Canyon
10. Foxconn Could Face Fine for China Investment
11. Winner of Gingerbread House Competition Crowned
12. Argentina Wins World Cup
13. Santa Around The World