California Public Pension Funds Take on Walmart
CalPERS and CalSTRS, the two largest U.S. public pension funds in the country, have announced they’ll withhold their support for Walmart directors in an upcoming shareholder meeting. The two pension…
By Avishay Artsy • • 1 min readThe two pension funds represent California’s public employees and state teachers. The move comes in response to allegations of widespread corruption and bribery at the company’s Mexico operations.
Five New York City pension funds earlier this month said they would not support some of the Walmart directors. Walmart is set to hold its shareholders’ meeting on June 1.
KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis spoke with CalSTRS CEO Jack Ehnes, as well as Marketplace Money’s Senior Producer Paddy Hirsch.