…democrats. Twenty-eight of these “Koch candidates” for office are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate bill mill that has received millions in Koch cash. The Koch…
Kochs Spread Wealth Widely on State Candidates
Book Review: The Fall of Wisconsin Is an Uplifting Read
…figures. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Kaufman writes that “ALEC played an essential role in the conservative network that has transformed Wisconsin,” highlighting three ALEC measures: school vouchers, right to work, and voter…
State Policy Network Unleashes Wave of Front Groups to Attack Public Union Membership
…other front group sites, provides government union workers with a form to submit in order to cease paying dues to their unions. CMD’s expose on the Koch, ALEC, SPN…
Is ALEC Too Extreme for Exxon? Long-Term ALEC Board Member Dumps ALEC over Climate Denial Policy
…of the Koch crowd. Although large companies like Ford, Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola and many others have cut ties with ALEC, few have given and supported ALEC as much as Exxon…
Trump’s Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Government Workers, Good Paying Jobs
…means of undermining unions who were organizing black and white workers together in the same shop. Predictably, Koch brothers groups–such as Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),…
Teamsters Vote to Authorize a Strike at UPS
…of ALEC UPS has been active in ALEC since 2012 as a member of its Commerce, Insurance and Economic Task Force, and was a “Vice Chairman Level” sponsor of ALEC’s…
ALEC’s Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide
…for a suit against bankrupt companies. DeGroot can’t say enough about how awesome ALEC’s cookie-cutter corporate legislation is. “ALEC and ALEC model policy are a great resource. ALEC was able…
Harley-Davidson Insiders Hog Tax Cut Revenue
…the Trump/Ryan tax cut. CMD has shown that Koch Industries and other companies that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have also announced stock repurchases and layoffs….
EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power
…have been under sustained assault by deep pocketed corporate and ideological forces. The Koch funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has made deep inroads in the states, passing union-busting “right…
Koch-Tied Firm Conducts Mass Layoffs after Trump “Job Creating” Tax Cut Bill
…pocketed the cash. Instead of creating jobs, they created layoffs. CMD detailed nine American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) companies that implemented layoffs, and ALEC’s private sector board chair, Koch Industries,…
