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		<title><![CDATA[Who Pays for Minority Director Campaigns?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who Pays for Minority Director Campaigns?Who Pays?Another case of activisim with no cost.  The AFSCME wants an action from a publicly traded company that will cost money to pursue recruiting and hiring.  Okay.  If the company decides to go along and add diversity to the board (I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Three dozen arrested in UC protest Demonstrators demand raises for]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND -- Demanding increased pay for University of California custodians, 36 custodians and UC students supporting the workers' cause were willingly arrested Thursday after blocking traffic for more than an hour with a midstreet sit-in outside the UC president's office in downtown Oakland.    The demonstration by nearly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal Court Rules Against AIG, Giving Shareholders More Clout]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what is being considered the most significant shareholder victory in corporate governance in a decade, a federal appeals court in New York in September rejected a long-standing policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission's division of corporation  In what is being considered the most significant shareholder victory in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Time for access.(Editorial)(corporate proxy ballot)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200610/ai_n20449969]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission must open up the corporate  proxy ballot to allow shareholders to nominate at least some directors  and should do so, if possible, in time for 2007 annual meetings.    Investor confidence has been shaken by what se  The Securities and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AFSCME Calls Upon City of Detroit to Enter Into Partnership with University of Michigan, Union]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Albert Garrett, president of Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement regarding the City of Detroit's budgetary situationDETROIT, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Albert Garrett, president of Michigan Council 25 of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AFSCME to Picket North Oakland Medical Center]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PONTIAC, Mich., Sept. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Albert Garrett, president of Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement regarding informational picketing by AFSCME PONTIAC, Mich., Sept. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Albert Garrett, president of Michigan Council 25 of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Labor Since The Overpass]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dearborn, Mich.--A suitable venue for contemplating organized labor's current disarray is here, at the footbridge over Miller Road. In 1937 it led to the main entrance of the foremost example of America's manufacturing might--the Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant, then the world's most fully integrated car-manufacturing facility, from blast...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coalition for Fair & Independent Judiciary Calls on President Bush to Seek Advice & Consent of Senators; Americans Deserve Fair, Independent Nominee Who Will Protect Individual Rights, Freedoms.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Communications Consortium    WASHINGTON, July 1 AScribe Newswire -- Today, after Supreme Court  Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement, the Coalition  for a Fair & Independent Judiciary released the following statement:    "We extend our best wishes to Justice O'Connor, who ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AIG set to test its own cover.(News)(American International Group Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: DAVE LENCKUS    NEW YORK-Already facing shareholder securities lawsuits over share  price volatility related to regulatory investigations, and now heading  into the treacherous territory of earnings restatements, leading  executive liability und  Byline: DAVE LENCKUS    NEW YORK-Already facing shareholder securities lawsuits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate governance: Compensation, proxy access at top of list.(Outlook 2005)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Barry B. Burr    Reining in executive compensation, seeking more board  accountability, and - despite a recent setback - proxy access that would  allow shareholders to nominate directors are likely to be the major  issues of the 2005 proxy seaso  Byline: Barry B....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors Challenge Directors at Large Firms.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ilene Aleshire, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight  Ridder/Tribune Business News    May 9--Pension funds, shareholder activists and labor groups have  corporate boards in their cross hairs this year, stepping up campaigns  to  challenge the election of directors at some of the country's ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democratic Party's stars gather in D.C. to embrace Kerry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party came together to embrace its presidential standard-bearer on Thursday, aligning its diverse constituencies and past luminaries behind John Kerry's candidacy.  Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, 2000 nominee Al Gore and nearly all of Kerry's primary rivals linked hands at a sold-out dinner...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kerry Keeps On Rolling.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Feb. 8--WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry steamrolled his  opponents  once more yesterday, winning caucuses in Michigan and  Washington state by wide  margins as his rivals for the Democratic  presidential nomination scrambled to  gain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More good guys.(Editorial)(securities law)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer rightly has won much  recognition for trying to improve conditions for investors, but others  also deserve recognition for their efforts on behalf of investors.    The American Federation of State, County an  New York State Attorney General Eliot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Small crowd: Gillette annual meeting not exactly a hot ticket; Chairman-CEO is only director to show up; attendance by shareholders also limited.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Barry B. Burr    What if a company had an annual meeting and no directors showed up?    That's almost what happened to The Gillette Co. May 15. Only  one director - James M. Kilts, chairman and chief executive officer -  attended Gillette's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[`Holy grail': Proxy ballot access missing from corporate governance list.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200304/ai_n20448016]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Barry B. Burr    Proxy ballot access for shareholder nomination of directors - what  some institutional investors consider the holy grail of corporate  governance - was removed from proxy statements this season.    The proposal doesn't have universal support among corporate  governance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At Deadline; Boeing CIO quits.(Late News; meshed briefs)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200304/ai_n20447993]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan E. Manske, vice president and CIO of trust investments at  Boeing, was named vice president and CIO of the $3.7 billion John D. and  Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.    A search has begun for her replacement. ``We're moving fairly  quickly,'' sa  Susan E....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[McDermott and Institutional Investors Agree on Expatriate Review Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_April_1/ai_99455561]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 2003  McDermott International, Inc. ("McDermott"), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ("AFSCME") Pension Plan and the California Public Employees' Retirement System ("CalPERS") today jointly announced they will work together to bring a fair resolution to the issue of whether...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Debate Continues About How Corporate Directors Should Be Elected.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200303/ai_n21786704]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Countryman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Mar. 30--It is, to some corporate governance activists, the Holy  Grail.    For years, they have complained that elections for corporate  directors  are rigged and that it's all but impossible to dislodge...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proxy contest: AFSCME fund leading battle over candidate nominations.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200303/ai_n20432767]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Barry B. Burr    WASHINGTON - The pension fund of the American Federation of State,  County and Municipal Employees filed an appeal with the Securities and  Exchange Commission over an opinion issued on shareholder proposals.    AFSCME submitted proposals at six companies calling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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