California teachers pension fund threatens companies financially over gun control issues

[rangerrebew]

California teachers pension fund threatens companies financially over gun control issues
May 11, 2018 12:13 pm
 
Aaron Colen Staff Writer
 

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System will use its financial leverage to target board members and companies that don’t conform to stricter gun control standards, CBS News reported.

The pension fund, one of the largest in the nation, voted to take a number of actions Wednesday. Those actions included attempting to unseat board members at resisting companies and to dump those companies’ stock.

“If Congress and state houses are either unwilling or unable to pass sensible policies to stop our schoolyards, work sites and places of worship from becoming killing fields, then let’s take the battle to where the money is,” said state Treasurer John Chiang to the Investment Committee.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/11/california-teachers-pension-fund-threatens-companies-financially-over-gun-control-issues

[rangerrebew]

It isn't the function of teachers to make political statements as a group.  Their job is to teach, not become part of the emotional political climate that has infested this country.  Some countries would call this an attempt at indoctrination.  On the other hand, this is the people's republik of Mejifornia.