Right-wing policy network gathers in Colorado Springs to advance anti-labor, climate denial, and anti-disclosure agenda.
Koch Network Dominates SPN Annual Meeting Attendees
By David Armiak | at
SPN
Massachusetts Law Could Blunt the Effect of Janus’s Attack on Unions
By Don Wiener | at
On September 19, the Massachusetts legislature overrode Republican Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would help public employee unions maintain dues-paying members.
Bradley Foundation Funds “Opt-Out” Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
By David Armiak | at
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation pumped more than $5.6 million dollars into right-wing anti-labor groups efforts in 2018.
Koch-Backed Tech Group Behind Tool Used to Push Union Opt-Out Campaigns
By Nick Surgey | at
The Lincoln Network is behind online technology called “Edunity” that is being deployed to encourage teachers and other public sector union members to leave their unions.
Franklin’s Right-Wing Watchdog.org Rebrands as The Center Square
By Scott Zimmerman | at
The Center Square purports to be a service to states without a partisan agenda, but it is actually a new coat of paint on the Bradley-backed Watchdog.org that was central to the infrastructure promoting conservative ideas often unbeknownst to its audiences.
Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
By Don Wiener | at
Right-wing groups sue union in Illinois to collect millions in retroactive “fair share” fees.
Right-Wing Funded Groups Battle New State Governors
By Don Wiener | at
Get ready for the cookie-cutter studies and crooked statistics.
DonorsTrust Bankrolled Right-Wing Judicial Appointments, Trump’s Acting AG, and Lobbying Front Groups in 2017
By David Armiak | at
The Koch network’s favorite piggy bank DonorsTrust and its sister organization Donors Capital Fund doled out $114.2 million in grants in 2017.
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.
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.