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ALEC "Right to Work" Law Tossed Out in Wisconsin

Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Faust struck down the state's private-sector "right-to-work" law.

In February 2015, Governor Walker and the Wisconsin legislature pushed through a private-sector right-to-work bill over the objections of thousands of workers and 450 Wisconsin construction firms who rallied against the bill. Workers in right to work states union and nonunion workers in RTW states have lower wages and fewer benefits, on average, than comparable workers in other states. have significantly lower wages and fewer benefits. Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Touted "Transparency" in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement

An unprecedented leak of millions of documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has revealed how some of the world's most powerful figures hide their wealth from taxation and public scrutiny. But it also exposes the bankruptcy of the promises of transparency and better governance that helped corporate interest groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) sell the American public on "free trade" with Panama. Read the rest of this item here.

Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia

The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter and the Center for Media and Democracy released ALEC EXPOSED: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia, a report that reveals the influence that ALEC and its political allies have exerted to stymie state climate and clean energy policies.

The report focuses on ALEC's efforts to stop the Clean Power Plan, which sets the nation's first-ever protections against harmful carbon pollution. Read the rest of this item here.

Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy

The pay-to-play model of government advanced by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) scored another victory this week. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers. Read the rest of this item here.

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+<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/04/13081/alec-right-work-law-tossed-out-wisconsin ALEC "Right to Work" Law Tossed Out in Wisconsin]</h3>
+Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Faust struck down the state's private-sector "right-to-work" law.
+In February 2015, Governor Walker and the Wisconsin legislature pushed through a private-sector right-to-work bill over the objections of thousands of workers and 450 Wisconsin construction firms who rallied against the bill. Workers in right to work states [http://both union and nonunion workers in RTW states have lower wages and fewer benefits, on average, than comparable workers in other states. have significantly lower wages] and fewer benefits. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/04/13081/alec-right-work-law-tossed-out-wisconsin here].
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 <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/04/13080/alec-touted-transparency-pushing-panama-free-trade-agreement ALEC Touted "Transparency" in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement]</h3>
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 <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13060/barring-plastic-bag-bans-another-alec-bill-takes-aim-local-democracy Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy]</h3>
-The pay-to-play model of government advanced by the [http://www.alecexposed.org/ American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) scored another victory this week. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers.
+The pay-to-play model of government advanced by the [http://www.alecexposed.org/ American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) scored another victory this week. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13060/barring-plastic-bag-bans-another-alec-bill-takes-aim-local-democracy here].
-This is part of an emerging national trend. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13060/barring-plastic-bag-bans-another-alec-bill-takes-aim-local-democracy here].
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-<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13061/cmd-calls-alec-disclose-information-during-sunshine-week CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week]</h3>
-In the spirit of national Sunshine Week, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has written a letter to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its state chairs (see [http://www.prwatch.org/files/alec_state_chairs.pdf list]) calling on them to live up to their own statements about the importance of transparency and release basic information about their legislative operations.
-"It's interesting that ALEC has touted the principles of public transparency for government accountability," said CMD executive director Lisa Graves. "Now we'd like to see ALEC apply those principles to their own legislative activities and interactions between ALEC legislators and ALEC corporations that undermine accountability." Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13061/cmd-calls-alec-disclose-information-during-sunshine-week here].
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