A 2014 exposé on NRTWC and NRTWLDF by the Center for Media and Democracy, an award-winning investigative watchdog group, described the organizations as “a powerful instrument of the corporate and ideological interests that want to keep wages low and silence the voice of organized labor in the political arena.” The exposé details the enormous financial resources that are funneled to both organizations from billionaires, like the Koch brothers and the Walton family, through their dark money foundations and nonprofits.
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“Noting the ties between NRTW and the wider right-wing movement and, more importantly, the funding behind NRTWC and NRTWLF is incredibly important in reporting on their activities,” David Armiak, a researcher and writer at the Center for Media and Democracy, tells In These Times. “NRTWC and NRTWLDF are funded to attack workers’ rights. This is central to the mission of the organizations.”