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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>
[[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.


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.
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ Who Funds ALEC?]</h3>
[[Image: Alec25.jpeg |270 px|center]] ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.


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/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/17/alec-brings-voter-suppression-activities-out-of-the-dark-and-coddles-fossil-fuel-industry-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting/ ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
[[Image: Alec1.jpeg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/21/teamsters-vote-authorize-ups-strike/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/17/alec-brings-voter-suppression-activities-out-of-the-dark-and-coddles-fossil-fuel-industry-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting/ 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/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States]</h3>
[[Image:Lungs-xray-ALEC-asbestos-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]ALEC [https://www.alec.org/article/legislator-of-the-week-missouri-representative-bruce-degroot/ named] Missouri Republican state Rep. Bruce DeGroot as a "Legislator of the Week" in June.
[[Image: ALEC-Panel-Annual-Meeting-2024-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.


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.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025]</h3>
[[Image: IStock-1501973077-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/06/19/alec-deadly-asbestos-agenda-benefits-koch-industries/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/05/22/epic-fail-supreme-court-strips-non-union-workers-power/ EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States]</h3>
[[Image:EPIC-red-sign270px.jpg|270 px|center]]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.
[[Image: 50yearsofharm-rally-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] “Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.
 
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.


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/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ 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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ALEC News

Who Funds ALEC?

ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States

For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States

“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.

Read the rest of this item here.

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