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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]</h3> | |||
[[Image:Ford_dumps_ALEC270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Ford Motor Company confirmed to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that it is cutting ties with the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC), an organization that has drawn heavy criticism for promoting climate change denial and for opposing the development of renewable energy sources. | |||
"As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD. | |||
Its products might be "Ford Tough," but in making the decision to stop funding ALEC, Ford executives are responding to consumer concern over its membership in the controversial, Koch-funded ALEC, which has both an extreme anti-worker agenda as well as an anti-environmental agenda. | |||
The departure makes Ford the 108th identified company to cut ties with ALEC in [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporations_that_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC recent years]. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec here]. | |||
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13030/koch-fueled-groups-launch-offensive-against-wv-working-families Koch-Fueled Playbook against WV Working Families Exposed by CMD]</h3> | <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13030/koch-fueled-groups-launch-offensive-against-wv-working-families Koch-Fueled Playbook against WV Working Families Exposed by CMD]</h3> | ||
[[Image:koch_playbook_symbols-chalkboard270px.jpg|270|center]]West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole's spokesman [http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160201/wv-senate-president-bill-cole-speaks-at-retreat-organized-by-koch-brothers said] Monday that Cole "will travel throughout West Virginia and beyond...." to talk about his legislative agenda that limits workers' rights. | [[Image:koch_playbook_symbols-chalkboard270px.jpg|270|center]]West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole's spokesman [http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160201/wv-senate-president-bill-cole-speaks-at-retreat-organized-by-koch-brothers said] Monday that Cole "will travel throughout West Virginia and beyond...." to talk about his legislative agenda that limits workers' rights. | ||
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In response, corporate interests and groups like the [http://www.alecexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) have increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures—some of them unprecedentedly aggressive--to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13029/2016-ALEC-local-control here]. | In response, corporate interests and groups like the [http://www.alecexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) have increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures—some of them unprecedentedly aggressive--to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13029/2016-ALEC-local-control here]. | ||
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Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC "As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD. Its products might be "Ford Tough," but in making the decision to stop funding ALEC, Ford executives are responding to consumer concern over its membership in the controversial, Koch-funded ALEC, which has both an extreme anti-worker agenda as well as an anti-environmental agenda. The departure makes Ford the 108th identified company to cut ties with ALEC in recent years. Read the rest of this item here. Koch-Fueled Playbook against WV Working Families Exposed by CMD And, boy, did he go beyond, according to David Gutman of the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Cole flew to a world far away from West Virginia when he traveled this weekend to the luxurious Esmeralda resort, which describes itself as creating “an atmosphere of luxury and relaxation unmatched” in Palm Springs, California. Read the rest of this item here. Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy With Congress gridlocked and a majority of state legislatures controlled by right-wing interests, cities have become laboratories of democracy for progressive policies like a higher minimum wage, LGBTQ protections, or parental leave. In response, corporate interests and groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures—some of them unprecedentedly aggressive--to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item here. |