June 10 (Reuters) - A shareholder resolution calling on

content and technology company Thomson Reuters ( TMSOF ) to review the

human rights implications of its work with U.S. immigration

authorities won only about 3% support at the firm's annual

meeting on Wednesday.

The vote on the resolution, proposed by a British Columbia

government workers union, centered on products and services sold

to law enforcement by the Toronto-based company that some

investors and employees say may help power the Trump

administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Thomson Reuters ( TMSOF ) had opposed the proposal, and at the meeting

its chairman, David Thomson, said "over 95%" had voted against

the shareholder measure, while "over 3%" supported it.

"We welcome the outcome of today's vote, which reflects

shareholders' confidence in the board's recommendation to vote

against the proposal," a Thomson Reuters ( TMSOF ) spokesperson said.

An example of government work cited by supporters of the

failed resolution was a $22.8 million contract set to have ended

in May with the Department of Homeland Security that in part

provided the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency

with license plate reader data.

According to federal spending records, that and other

contracts were awarded to Thomson Reuters Special Services

(TRSS), a unit of Thomson Reuters ( TMSOF ) based in McLean, Virginia. The

unit says its products help prevent financial crimes, identify

foreign influence and help law enforcement and national security

officials analyze data.

The company's Reuters news organization is independent,

operating separately from the other parts of Thomson Reuters' ( TMSOF )

business.

One corporate governance expert said the vote showed that

Thomson Reuters' ( TMSOF ) biggest investors either felt the measure was

unnecessary, or had no appetite for confrontation with the Trump

administration over its immigration policies.

"With this vote you have investors not interested in

signaling anything" about the company's work with immigration

authorities, said Douglas Chia, president of independent

corporate governance firm Soundboard Governance.

One major investor, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, said it

voted against the measure because it could not support a

proposal "where the company does not appear to have significant

gaps in their management or reporting of the relevant

sustainability risk."