Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
A new report by the VRS Divest campaign uncovers $394 million of Virginian pensions and tax dollars invested in the Israeli supply chain of death. The report outlines how the Virginia Retirement System, the largest financial institution in the Virginia government, has invested the financial futures of hundreds of thousands of public workers in the weapons supply chain to Israel.
We affirm that the VRS’ investment decisions do not exist in a financial vacuum, but carry political and ethical consequences. The VRS has an obligation to respond to the ethical demands of their stakeholders by reevaluating their investment practices and ending their financial complicity in war and genocide. The VRS Divest campaign represents a critical opportunity to apply public pressure to the Board of Trustees and demand meaningful change.
Virginia public workers provide decades of service to their communities. We are fighting for a Virginia that reflects that service, not corporate interests and bloodshed.
We affirm that the VRS’ investment decisions do not exist in a financial vacuum, but carry political and ethical consequences. The VRS has an obligation to respond to the ethical demands of their stakeholders by reevaluating their investment practices and ending their financial complicity in war and genocide. The VRS Divest campaign represents a critical opportunity to apply public pressure to the Board of Trustees and demand meaningful change.
Virginia public workers provide decades of service to their communities. We are fighting for a Virginia that reflects that service, not corporate interests and bloodshed.