Apple shareholders are seeking votes at the iPhone maker’s annual meeting next year on proposals regarding the company’s stance towards unionising employees, working from home policies and human rights in China.
The union proposal filed by Trillium Asset Management, which manages $5.3bn, asks Apple’s board to step up its oversight of how management has handled unionising campaigns, months after the first Apple unions were formed at two US retail stores.
While Apple has stated employees can organise without interference, employees had accused Apple of “intimidation tactics to deter organising”, said Trillium, which owns about $155mn of Apple stock.