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03.14.16

NCF Proposal Leads to Positive Changes in Duke Energy’s Reporting

March 14, 2016 Following the submission of a shareholder proposal by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Duke Energy has agreed to...

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03.11.16

Investors Raising Heat on Fossil Fuel Companies

On the heels of a historic global climate agreement in Paris, investors have filed a record number of shareholder resolutions...

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02.29.16

NCF Joins the Ban the Box Philanthropy Challenge

On February 29, 2016, the Nathan Cummings Foundation joined more than 40 other members of the Executives’ Alliance for Boys...

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02.04.16

Uber Drivers and Others in the Gig Economy Take a Stand

“The National Domestic Workers Alliance, which organizes nannies and housekeepers, recently produced what it calls the Good Work Code, which...

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01.26.16

Large Mutual Funds Fail to Support Proxy Access

UPDATE (March 14, 2016): Shortly after the release of the Proxy Access Scorecard, Vanguard announced a key change to its...

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12.18.15

Notes from Paris: NCF Trustees and Staff Reflect on COP21

With more than 40,000 delegates converging on Paris with an expressed goal of achieving a legally binding agreement among 195...

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11.30.15

NCF Proxy Access Proposal Wins at Oracle Corp.

For Immediate Release November 19, 2015 The Nathan Cummings Foundation, the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust and The Marco Consulting...

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10.12.15

On-demand economy like ‘Wild, Wild West’

Flexibility, livable wages and room for growth. These are just a few things that make up a “good” job. That’s...

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08.28.15

Gap To End On-Call Scheduling For Workers

Gap Inc. announced Wednesday that it would end on-call scheduling for employees at its stores by the end of September,...

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08.27.15

Court backs Obama on minimum wage, overtime for home health aides

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed a victory to the Obama administration on Friday, ruling that...

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06.25.15

Rolling in Sackcloth and Ashes

“This morning, I awoke under the watchful eye of that certificate into a living nightmare. Reports about the shooting at Mother...

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05.28.15

Can Southern Company Shareholders Persuade Its Board to Stop Supporting Climate Change Denial?

The Nathan Cummings Foundation and other Southern Company investors publicly voiced concerns about the company’s board of directors ahead of...

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05.26.15

NCF, Other Major Foundations Call on SEC to Require Public Company Disclosure of Political Spending

Secret money in politics, especially the corporate variety, has been controversial ever since the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in the...

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02.25.15

Net Neutrality Activists Take Civil Rights Fight to Doorsteps of Telecom Giants

In the lead-up to the FCC’s pivotal net neutrality vote on Thursday, civil rights and media justice organizations across the...