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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Information for pension fund fiduciaries is available from the AFL-CIO. Capital Stewardship, the AFL-CIO website for information on pension investments, has shareholder proposals on corporate governance and executive compensation.

The AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines have been developed to serve pension fund trustees as a guide for voting their funds' shareholder proxies. The goal of the guidelines is to assist trustees in exercising their ownership rights in ways that achieve long-term value by supporting important shareholder initiatives on corporate accountability. These initiatives include board of directors proposals, corporate governance, proposals concerning employee relations, executive compensation and corporate responsibility issues. The Proxy Voting Guidelines also provide an in-depth discussion of fiduciary duties of plan trustees described under ERISA.

Capital Stewardship Toolbox:
External Web Link: http://www.aflcio.org/corporateamerica/capital/toolbox.cfm

Building Trades Department pension information:
External Web Link: http://www.bctd.org/aboutus/activities/pensionplan.html

Access to pension and benefit data:
External Web Link: http://www.freeerisa.com/