Right-Wing Network Fights Proposed Wisconsin Minimum Wage Hike
"Infrastructure" built by Bradley Foundation gives GOP legislators the ammunition they need to fight a raise for Wisconsin's working poor.
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Bradley Foundation Funds "Opt-Out" Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation pumped more than $5.6 million dollars into right-wing anti-labor groups efforts in 2018.
ALEC Says "Strike!" Just Do It Without Unions
The American Legislative Exchange Council has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions -- as long as they do it without a union.
Koch-Backed Tech Group Behind Tool Used to Push Union Opt-Out Campaigns
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.
Kochs' Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus "Free Speech" Group
Speech First may look like a student group, but its staff and PR firm are paid for by the Koch operation's DonorsTrust.
Franklin's Right-Wing Watchdog.org Rebrands as The Center Square
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.
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
The news of Comcast's departure was made public in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing calling for increased lobbying disclosure by Comcast.
Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
Right-wing groups sue union in Illinois to collect millions in retroactive "fair share" fees.
Koch Industries' Federal Lobbying Rose 35 Percent in First Quarter of 2019
Koch Industries has lobbied against every major measure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels so far this year.
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called "Campus Free Speech" Bills
The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.
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