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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/21/teamsters-vote-authorize-ups-strike/ Teamsters Vote to Authorize a Strike at UPS]</h3>
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On June 5, over 90 percent of the 250,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters working for United Parcel Service and UPS Freight [https://teamster.org/news/2018/06/ups-ups-freight-members-authorize-strikes-if-necessary voted to authorize a strike] if needed in current contract negotiations.


The vote sets up a major test case for President Trump's claims that savings from the massive corporate tax cut pushed through by Republicans in Congress last fall will result in higher wages for American workers.
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism]</h3>
On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.


UPS is a member of the American Exchange Legislative Council. ALEC strongly supported the Republican tax cuts.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC]</h3>
ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/21/teamsters-vote-authorize-ups-strike/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/12/novartis-cohen-two-kind/ Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/23/an-ex-con-promoted-campaign-software-at-alecs-annual-meeting/ An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
 
Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
"Yesterday was not a good day for Novartis." That's what the chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant [https://www.statnews.com/2018/05/10/novartis-ceo-email-employees-michael-cohen/ told] his staff in the wake of embarrassing reports that it was among a handful of large corporations that made questionable payments to President Trump's personal fixer Michael Cohen. Novartis ultimately admitted it was a "[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-daniels-novartis/novartis-calls-12-million-deal-with-trump-lawyers-firm-a-mistake-idUSKBN1IA0T8 mistake]."


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/12/novartis-cohen-two-kind/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/23/an-ex-con-promoted-campaign-software-at-alecs-annual-meeting/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/07/take-money-run-trump-tax-cuts-boost-earnings-alec-corps-layoff-workers/ Take the Money and Run: Trump Tax Cuts Boost Earnings of ALEC Corps Which Promptly Layoff Workers]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November]</h3>
Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.


Nine major publicly traded corporations that are funders of ALEC just reported earnings from the first quarter of 2018. Trump's recent massive corporate tax cuts were sold as a job creation mechanism, but rather than creating jobs, all nine companies reported layoffs that have recently taken place or are planned for 2018.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ here].
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/07/take-money-run-trump-tax-cuts-boost-earnings-alec-corps-layoff-workers/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/02/alec-payday-loan-company-gets-reprieve-under-trump-administration/ ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/07/24/alec-moves-a-partisan-and-corporate-agenda-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting-in-denver/ ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver]</h3>
American Legislative Exchange Council state lawmakers, right-wing operatives, and corporate lobbyists are descending on Denver this week for the pay-to-play group’s 51st Annual Meeting to hear presentations and vote on model policies and resolutions that impact the environment, education, elections, fundamental human rights, and more.


Corporate members of ALEC are benefiting from the deregulation frenzy of the Trump Administration. Advance America is the largest payday loan lender in the United States, with 2,500 locations.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/07/24/alec-moves-a-partisan-and-corporate-agenda-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting-in-denver/ here].
 
The Trump administration's treatment of Advance America and the predatory payday loan industry shows how the Trump team's "deconstruction of the administrative state" often pits the low income and working poor against giant companies.
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/02/alec-payday-loan-company-gets-reprieve-under-trump-administration/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/04/23/alec-task-forces-gather-grand-rapids ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors]</h3>
ALEC held its annual Spring Task Force Summit at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Further education privatization was on the agenda, along with measures to please fossil fuel companies, marijuana companies, and more.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/04/23/alec-task-forces-gather-grand-rapids here].
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More ALEC News


Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism

On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC

ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.

Read the rest of this item here.


An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting

Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).

Read the rest of this item here.


Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November

Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver

American Legislative Exchange Council state lawmakers, right-wing operatives, and corporate lobbyists are descending on Denver this week for the pay-to-play group’s 51st Annual Meeting to hear presentations and vote on model policies and resolutions that impact the environment, education, elections, fundamental human rights, and more.

Read the rest of this item here.