In my previous opinion piece for Equal Times, I argued why workers and unions must engage in the topic of the digitalisation of work. This article picks up from the previous one by offering (...)
The UK is about to stop shareholders monopolising votes for company boards, with worker voice. Asset managers control most shareholder votes in public companies through ‘other people’s money’. They have systemic conflicts of interest, because shareholder votes may influence companies to buy asset managers’ financial products (eg pension schemes). This enables mass self-dealing.
Quatre-vingt-onze universitaires, dirigeants d’entreprise, syndicalistes et personnalités politiques internationales, appellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », au renforcement de la présence des salariés dans la gouvernance des entreprises.