CMD NEWS ABOUT Economy

• Louisiana Senator Sharon Hewitt, ALEC’s Legislator of the Year, Voted “No” on Equal Pay for Equal Work

  By Don Wiener | January 31st, 2019 at 4:06 PM (CDT)

  The fact that Louisiana has the worst gender pay gap in the nation doesn't seem to bother her.

• ALEC’s New Union-Busting Toolkit Illustrates the Goal Is to Bankrupt Unions Not Protect Workers

  By Mary Bottari | January 22nd, 2019 at 1:33 PM (CDT)

  ALEC’s post-Janus toolkit inadvertently sheds light on the real aims of the group’s union-busting activities.

• ALEC Embraces Trumpism, Climate Catastrophe, and School Privatization at Policy Summit

  By David Armiak | November 28th, 2018 at 9:25 AM (CDT)

  ALEC state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. today for ALEC's States & Nation Policy Summit to promote an agenda only fossil fuel companies could love. 

• National Right to Work Committee Mailer Backs Vukmir

  By David Armiak | October 29th, 2018 at 12:23 PM (CDT)

  Controversial union-busting operation sends letter praising U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir's stand against "forced unionism," but reports no spending in the race.

• Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | October 16th, 2018 at 1:52 PM (CDT)

  Big bucks are being spent by the soda industry on ballot measures to ban local soda tax campaigns in Oregon and Washington state.