Billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and their companies Tesla and Palantir have huge investments from our pension funds. They’re using our money to attack our communities, destroy our jobs and steal our democracy—and they’re driving the kidnapping and deportation of immigrant families today.
Our retirement funds and endowments should not be used against us and our communities. Labor leaders, community activists and pension experts are co-hosting a webinar on December 8th to share strategies for how we can fight back.
We’ll dig in on examples such as the Chicago Teachers’ Union’s Resolution For A Pension Fund that Provides A Dignified Retirement While Promoting a More Just Society from October 2025, community labor work engaging the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the University of California around their housing and climate investments, and the campaign that got New York’s pension fund to commit to no new money in fossil fuels.
Speakers include:
- Stephen Lerner, Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG) / Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE)
- Aditi Sen, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF)
- Vicki Kurzydlo, Chicago Teachers Pension Fund Trustee and Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) member
- Jonathan Westin, Climate Organizing Hub
- Liz Perlman, AFSCME Local 3299
- Sara Myklebust, Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG) / Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE)