Schroders to oppose Amazon, Meta, Alphabet over worker, digital rights


FILE PHOTO A man walks past the logo of investment management company Schroders at a branch in Zurich Swtzerland November 5 2018.   REUTERSArnd Wiegmann

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the logo of investment management company Schroders at a branch in Zurich, Swtzerland November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

LONDON (Reuters) - Schroders, Britain's biggest listed asset manager, said on Wednesday it would back a swathe of shareholder resolutions at Amazon, Meta and Google-owner Alphabet concerning workers' and digital rights.

Schroders, which manages around 730 billion pounds ($905.64 billion), said it was declaring its intention to vote against management on the issues as an escalation measure following talks with the companies.

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