From the Shop Floor to the Boardroom: Thomson Reuters Workers are Bringing Attention to BCGEU’s Shareholder Engagement
Through Thomson Reuters workers, BCGEU’s shareholder program is featured in The New York Times today. Thomson Reuters workers in Minnesota are speaking out about their employer’s contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the use of investigative and surveillance products and brought the union’s shareholder engagement work to the attention of Kashmir Hill. This follows other recent reports of Thomson Reuters workers speaking out (here and here).
BCGEU, as a long-term minority shareholder in the company, has been engaging with the company since 2020 on human rights due diligence matters as well as governance for AI-enabled products through our capital stewardship program.
According to BCGEU President Paul Finch:
As Canadian labour union members and long-term investors, we believe companies should uphold strong human rights standards wherever they operate. And that has never been truer as historic norms that determine what is and isn’t acceptable are being tested and rewritten.
In the union’s view, the risk profile for companies who contract with ICE has materially shifted, and companies now face materially increased legal and reputational risks.
Emma Pullman, the union’s head of shareholder engagement, is quoted in the NYT piece saying:
Thomson Reuters is the gas in the tank that helps power the government’s immigration machinery. We are currently engaging with the company about human rights due diligence and governance of A.I.-enabled products.
Read the full article here in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-minnesota.html