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About CWC


The Committee on Workers' Capital (CWC) brings together representatives of the international labour movement to share information and develop strategies for joint action in the field of workers' capital, including such areas as pension trustee education, corporate and financial market governance, shareholder activism and economically targeted investment.

CWC participants are drawn from the international trade union movement, and have expertise related to workers' capital, corporate governance, socially responsible investing, shareholder activism, and other investment issues.

CWC is currently chaired by Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti, and its Secretariat is currently based at the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), a not-for-profit organization based in Vancouver, Canada, with close ties to the Canadian labour movement.

Since 1999, CWC members have met approximately once a year to discuss the latest worker capital developments, and review ongoing areas of collaboration. Between plenary meetings, most CWC work is pursued by expert-level working groups that operate largely virtually. Currently, there are four working groups centred on:
  • trustee education
  • corporate governance and financial market regulation
  • shareholder activism, and
  • economically targeted investment.
Each working group defines its own work programme, which may include research, specific campaigns, information exchange, or other activities.

CWC's formal name is the Global Unions Committee on Workers' Capital, in recognition of its affiliation with the major international trade union bodies, including the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Global Unions Federation (GUF), and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC).

CWC was established in November 1999, following a meeting of international trade union leaders in Stockholm, Sweden. Its mandate was approved by the ICFTU Executive Board.

If you are a representative from the labour movement and wish to learn more, or get involved in CWC, please take a moment to read about the CWC Groups you can sign up for. Then please complete the registration form using the text box to highlight your query and areas of interest.

Please contact the CWC Secretariat if you require more information.