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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/04/17/trump-appoints-stephen-moore-alecs-favorite-economist-fed/ Trump Appoints Stephen Moore, ALEC’s Favorite Economist, to Fed]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/08/09/breaking-alec-plans-confidential-helicopter-border-tour-in-texas-for-board-members/ ALEC Plans “Confidential” Helicopter Border Tour in Texas for Board Members]</h3>
Stephen Moore, Trump’s recent appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, has served as the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) leading voice for austerity and anti-labor policies for over a decade.
ALEC will take its legislative board members on a “confidential border tour” on Monday, August 12, just before the start of it’s Annual Meeting in Austin, according to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/04/17/trump-appoints-stephen-moore-alecs-favorite-economist-fed/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/08/09/breaking-alec-plans-confidential-helicopter-border-tour-in-texas-for-board-members/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/03/18/cmd-continues-throw-spotlight-legislators-heralded-secret-group/ CMD Continues to Throw Spotlight on Legislators Heralded by Secret Group]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/07/30/coke-pepsi-drop-trade-association-pushing-plastic-ban-bans/ Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans]</h3>
ALEC seems to have stopped recognizing its rising stars with its “Legislator of the Week” award, switching instead to a monthly award.
Plastic Industry Association works with ALEC to block regulation of single-use plastics.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/03/18/cmd-continues-throw-spotlight-legislators-heralded-secret-group/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/07/30/coke-pepsi-drop-trade-association-pushing-plastic-ban-bans/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/03/15/state-bills-to-criminalize-peaceful-protest-of-oil-gas-critical-infrastructure/ State Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest of Oil & Gas “Critical Infrastructure”]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/06/17/alec-says-strike-just-do-it-without-unions/ ALEC Says “Strike!” Just Do It Without Unions]</h3>
Lawmakers in several states are introducing bills that would increase criminal penalties for people who trespass “critical infrastructure” facilities, such as oil and gas pipelines, power plants, and petrochemical refineries.
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions — as long as they do it without a union.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/03/15/state-bills-to-criminalize-peaceful-protest-of-oil-gas-critical-infrastructure/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/06/17/alec-says-strike-just-do-it-without-unions/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/05/28/comcast-latest-telecommunications-company-drop-alec/ Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC]</h3>
Comcast, one of the remaining telecommunication members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has left the corporate bill mill.


<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/02/07/alec-corporations-are-leaders-in-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment/ ALEC Corporations Are Leaders in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment]</h3>
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/05/28/comcast-latest-telecommunications-company-drop-alec/ here].
Since 2000, corporate members of ALEC piled up almost $150 million in fines, penalties, and court settlements in cases involving racial and age discrimination and harassment.
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/05/06/alec-teams-up-with-anti-lgbt-alliance-defending-freedom-promote-so-called-campus-free-speech-bills/ ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills]</h3>
ALEC is actively working with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Right litigation nonprofit that pursues an anti-LGBT agenda, to push so-called “Campus Free Speech” bills in the states.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/02/07/alec-corporations-are-leaders-in-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment/ here].
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More ALEC News

ALEC Plans “Confidential” Helicopter Border Tour in Texas for Board Members

ALEC will take its legislative board members on a “confidential border tour” on Monday, August 12, just before the start of it’s Annual Meeting in Austin, according to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.

Read the rest of this item here.


Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans

Plastic Industry Association works with ALEC to block regulation of single-use plastics.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Says “Strike!” Just Do It Without Unions

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions — as long as they do it without a union.

Read the rest of this item here.


Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC

Comcast, one of the remaining telecommunication members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has left the corporate bill mill.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills

ALEC is actively working with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Right litigation nonprofit that pursues an anti-LGBT agenda, to push so-called “Campus Free Speech” bills in the states.

Read the rest of this item here.