One large corporation Frerichs was happy to name was Starbucks. He, Lander, and other progressives engaged in a proxy battle to induce Starbucks to change its anti-union labor policies. Citing his fiduciary role, Frerichs said, "If you have anti-worker policies, you have higher turnover costs and reputational damage." In the proxy fight, owners of 52 percent of Starbucks shares voted to direct the Starbucks board to commission an independent outside report on the company's labor policies. Starbucks has recently been working with the hundreds of stores that have unionized on a master template contract.