US (AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM) : The SEC is helping billionaire insiders silence regular shareholders.

 

Who gets to hold powerful corporations accountable? Right now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering changes that could weaken the shareholder proposal process — one of the few tools ordinary investors, pension beneficiaries, and communities have to challenge corporate misconduct and demand accountability from corporate management. These attacks would make it harder for shareholders to raise issues like: climate and environmental risk workers’ rights racial equity corporate political spending executive compensation public health and community harms This is part of a broader effort to rig the economy in favor of wealthy insiders while silencing the people most affected by corporate behavior. Corporate executives should not get to decide which concerns investors are allowed to raise. And the SEC should not help shield powerful corporations from accountability. Add your name now and tell the SEC: Protect shareholders and accountability. SIGN ON For decades, shareholder proposals have helped expose hidden risks, improve corporate oversight, and given workers, retirees, and long-term investors a meaningful voice in the companies they own. Weakening that process would concentrate even more power in the hands of corporate insiders and billionaire oligarchs — while making it harder to challenge harmful corporate behavior. The SEC’s mission is to protect investors and maintain fair, orderly markets. Not to help powerful corporations avoid scrutiny.  Sign the petition now. In solidarity, -Natalia. Natalia Renta (she/her) Associate Director, Corporate Governance and Power Americans for Financial Reform. Support this Campaign

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