Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 2000-C039
Title: Commend CPF on Union Dispute and Urge Socially Responsible Investments
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention commend the Church Pension Fund for its constructive participation in the solution in 1998 of a long-standing dispute involving low wage janitors in Washington, D.C. and their desire for a union; and be it further

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention strongly encourage the Church Pension Fund to continue and increase its involvement in stockholder actions and other means to encourage the companies in its portfolio toward more social responsibility, thus following the good example of the Committee on Social Responsibility in Investments of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church; and be it further

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention urge all dioceses, congregations, and institutions of this Church to exercise similar social responsibility in their investments.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 356.