SEIU Puts Lobbying Disclosure on Charter Meeting Agenda

Charter Communications would have to be more transparent about lobbying expenditures under an item up for a vote at the April 27 shareholder meeting. In an SEC filing Tuesday, Charter said the shareholder proposal was put forth by the Service Employees International Union's Benefit Plans Master Trust and would have the company disclose policies and procedures governing lobbying, as well as its membership in and payments to "tax-exempt organizations that write and endorse model legislation."