Florida Teachers Demand Their Retirement Fund Dump Gun Stocks

Retirement plan is managed by Republican state officials
Teachers’ association reacts a week after Parkland massacre

Bloomberg’s Polly Mosendz discusses Florida teachers who want to change their pension investments.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Polly Mosendz and Neil Weinberg

February 22, 2018 at 9:15 AM EST

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February 22, 2018 at 10:44 AM EST

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Florida teachers reacted viscerally to news that they’ve been paying into a retirement fund that invests in gun companies, including the maker of an assault rifle used to kill 17 Parkland high school students and educators last week.

They demanded Wednesday night that the state agency that manages the fund divest of those stocks immediately.

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