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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>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/07/12/alec-extreme-exxon-long-term-alec-board-member-dumps-alec-climate-denial-policy%e2%80%8b/ Is ALEC Too Extreme for Exxon?]</h3>
[[Image:UPS_shield-CCBY2.0FrankDeanrdo-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]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.
[[Image:ALEC-ExxonMobile-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]ExxonMobil, the largest oil and gas company in the world, will not renew its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) after a split within the corporate lobbying group over how to address climate change, Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-12/exxon-quits-koch-backed-business-group-after-climate-change-row reported].


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.
Exxon's exit follows a disagreement [https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/heartland-institute-statement-on-alec-endangerment-finding-resolution over a resolution] introduced in December by the Heartland Institute, that would have asked the federal government to reconsider its findings that greenhouse gasses are harmful to human health.


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/2018/07/12/alec-extreme-exxon-long-term-alec-board-member-dumps-alec-climate-denial-policy%e2%80%8b/ here].
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/21/teamsters-vote-authorize-ups-strike/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/19/alec-deadly-asbestos-agenda-benefits-koch-industries/ ALEC's Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/19/alec-deadly-asbestos-agenda-benefits-koch-industries/ ALEC's Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide]</h3>
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Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/22/epic-fail-supreme-court-strips-non-union-workers-power/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/22/epic-fail-supreme-court-strips-non-union-workers-power/ 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>
[[Image:Novartis-logo-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]"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].
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Revision as of 19:37, 20 July 2018

ALEC News

Is ALEC Too Extreme for Exxon?

ExxonMobil, the largest oil and gas company in the world, will not renew its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) after a split within the corporate lobbying group over how to address climate change, Bloomberg reported.

Exxon's exit follows a disagreement over a resolution introduced in December by the Heartland Institute, that would have asked the federal government to reconsider its findings that greenhouse gasses are harmful to human health.

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ALEC's Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide

ALEC named Missouri Republican state Rep. Bruce DeGroot as a "Legislator of the Week" in June.

Why is ALEC so fond of DeGroot? Because he has cheerfully championed ALEC legislation to restrict the right of terminally ill, asbestos victims to sue over mesothelioma. In doing so, DeGroot is helping the many U.S. companies, including ALEC funders Koch Industries and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, that have asbestos-related liability.

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EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power

When unemployment drops and labor markets tighten, wages are expected to rise, but few workers are seeing more money in their paychecks since unemployment dipped below 4 percent this month.

Economists agree that a key variable in the wage stagnation is the inability of the vast majority of American workers to join together to demand higher wages.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together to battle their employers in court in disputes over pay and workplace conditions.

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