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Teamsters Vote to Authorize a Strike at UPS 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 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. UPS is a member of the American Exchange Legislative Council. ALEC strongly supported the Republican tax cuts. Read the rest of this item here. Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind "Yesterday was not a good day for Novartis." That's what the chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant 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 "mistake." Read the rest of this item here. Take the Money and Run: Trump Tax Cuts Boost Earnings of ALEC Corps Which Promptly Layoff Workers 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 here. ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration 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. 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 here. ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors 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 here.