Despite steep pandemic-related job losses all around, union workers fared better than non-union workers in 2020, and union membership actually increased in almost half the states.
Chambers of Commerce
The Real Money Behind the Politicians Who Voted to Overturn the Election
Corporations and wealthy individuals poured millions of dollars into super PACs, political committees, and dark money groups that spent at least $272 million to elect most of the 147 members of Congress who voted to reject Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.
ALEC’s Numerous Ties to the Capitol Insurrection and “Big Lie”
ALEC’s leaders, legislative members, and alumni played a major role in promoting Trump’s stolen-election disinformation campaign, attempting to overturn the election, and inciting the resulting violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Will its corporate backers hold it accountable?
Koch Fought the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Ten 2020 House Races
The election on November 3 revealed splits between business leaders, with two of the nation’s largest spending political groups squaring off on congressional contests.
Voters Pass Economic Justice Measures Despite Corporate Opposition
While House Democrats took a hit in the 2020 elections, voters in several states favored progressive policies.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
Goldwater Institute’s Influence Apparent in AZ Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Prop. 207
The unprecedented ruling was made possible thanks to controversial moves by Gov. Doug Ducey and his GOP allies in the legislature over the past two years.
ALEC’s Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide
ALEC’s “Legislator of the Week” Goes to Bat for Asbestos
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Local Influence in Two Maps
How far does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s policy network extend?