The tale of Wisconsin’s lead poisoned children becomes “Exhibit A” in congressional hearing Thursday.
How Scott Walker Made Wisconsin the National Poster Child for Dark Money Corruption
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ALEC Corporations Are Leaders in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
By Don Wiener | at
ALEC is good at protecting the “rights” of corporations, not so good at encouraging its members to protect the legal rights of their employees.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
By Mary Bottari | at
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Louisiana Senator Sharon Hewitt, ALEC’s Legislator of the Year, Voted “No” on Equal Pay for Equal Work
By Don Wiener | at
The fact that Louisiana has the worst gender pay gap in the nation doesn’t seem to bother her.
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
By Maxwell Abbott | at
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
ALEC’s New Union-Busting Toolkit Illustrates the Goal Is to Bankrupt Unions Not Protect Workers
By Mary Bottari | at
ALEC’s post-Janus toolkit inadvertently sheds light on the real aims of the group’s union-busting activities.
GOP Strips Rep. King of Posts, but ALEC Keeps White Supremacist State Chair
By David Armiak | at
Washington State Rep. Matt Shea keeps his leadership post in ALEC despite circulating a white nationalist manifesto calling for a violent Christian holy war.
ALEC Union Busting Proposal Defeated in Michigan Lame Duck
By Don Wiener and Mary Bottari | at
Bill’s author never met the threshold for election that he is demanding for union recertification.
Michigan GOP Defies Voters, Rams ALEC, Koch Priorities Through Lame-Duck Session
By David Armiak and Scott Zimmerman | at
Unconstitutional voter restrictions, lower wages, less health care, donor secrecy, and union-busting add up to an agenda only the Koch brothers would love.
Truckers Run Over Railroads at ALEC
By Don Wiener | at
ALEC passes resolution backed by UPS and FedEx encouraging Congress to allow twin 33-foot trailers on the road.