The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation pumped more than $5.6 million dollars into right-wing anti-labor groups efforts in 2018.
Bradley Foundation Funds “Opt-Out” Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
By David Armiak | at
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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.
Goldwater Institute’s Influence Apparent in AZ Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Prop. 207
By Scott Zimmerman and David Armiak | at
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 Sets the Table for Gerrymandering, Union Busting, Protecting Fossil Fuels, and Privatizing Schools
By Mary Bottari | at
ALEC’s annual meeting in NOLA continues war on workers and voters, with Janus v. AFSCME victory lap and pro-gerrymandering resolution.