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Unions Target New Corporate Investment in Burma
The Burmese regime’s recent partial political and economic reforms have caused trade union pension funds and their allies to renew their shareholder advocacy...[The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)] welcomed the return to Burma of the General Secretary of the...Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB)...[T]he CWC [Committee on Workers' Capital], AFL-CIO, and Teamsters have joined other investors to organize new shareholder scrutiny and pressure. They are working to develop a clear set of expectations of what corporations in Burma should do to avoid complicity in labor and human rights abuses. The Teamsters expect to re-file their shareholder resolution at Chevron. Other investors may well follow suit, directing their attention on other companies entering Burma.[refers to Coca-Cola, ConocoPhillips, PepsiCo, General Electric, Chevron, Daewoo, Total]