Employee as Director

A 1991 article in the New York Times with the headline “Chrysler to Drop Union President’s Spot on Its Board” may have sounded the death knell of a brief experiment in this country to get employees in the boardroom.

The practice never really made it much past the auto industry, and it’s been decades since employees have served on the board of a major U.S. company. But legislation from by U.S. senator and presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren hopes to resurrect the boardroom practice.

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April Hall

April Hall is the former managing editor of Directors & Boards


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