standing together: the battles before us
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Standing together: the Battles before us. Who’s Behind the Attacks on Workers?. Anti-Union Attack Network: Right to Work. LYNDE & HARRY BRADLEY FOUNDATION. WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION. CASTLE ROCK FOUNDATION. SARAH SCAIFE FOUNDATION. JOHN M. OLIN FOUNDATION. NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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STANDING TOGETHER: THE BATTLES BEFORE US
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WHO’S BEHIND THE ATTACKS ON WORKERS?
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Anti-Union Attack Network: Right to Work
CASTLE ROCK FOUNDATION
JOHN M. OLIN FOUNDATION
WILSON FAMILY
FOUNDATION
SARAH SCAIFE FOUNDATION
LYNDE & HARRY BRADLEY
FOUNDATION
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF
POPULAR CULTURE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN
IMMIGRATION REFORM
FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION
AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM
CATO INSTITUTEAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
NATIONAL RIGHT TO
WORK
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Koch Brothers and Americans for ProsperityDavid Koch (oil magnate) created & funds Americans for Prosperity, which funds the Tea Party.
In addition to running pro-Walker television and radio ads and funding a pro-Walker bus tour, Americans for Prosperity is actively working to:
Repeal health care legislationRepeal Wall Street reform legislationEliminate the Environmental Protection Agency
KOCH
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Americans for Prosperity Ad
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American Legislative Exchange Council “ALEC”
ALEC claims its membership exceeds 2,400 state legislators from both political parties—over 30% of all state lawmakers in the US.
•ALEC develops model anti-worker legislation for right-wing legislators:
• "right to work“• paycheck deception• attacks on teachers and public employees
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Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS• Rove’s super PAC went on air with a 60-second spot costing
$750,000 that attacks public employees and the Democrats that support them.
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RIGHT-WING INITIATIVES
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• Of the 30 states with public sector collective bargaining, 25 are free bargaining states – only 5 are RTW states.
• 17 of 22 RTW states prohibit public employees from bargaining.
• 25 of the 28 Free Bargaining states allow public employees to bargain collectively.
Right to Work
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Right to Work
Bills Filed
Gov. Vetoed
Attacks Expected
Already RTW
Bills Dead for Session
CA
OR
WA
ID
NV
AZ
UT
MT
WY
CO
NM
TX
OK
KS
NE
SD
NDMN
IA
MO
AR
LAMS AL
TN
KY
IL
WIMI
IN
FL
GASC
NC
OHWVVA
PA
NY
ME
AK HI
MDDENJ
CTRI
MA
NHVT
The veto of NH’s RTW bill may have an override vote this fall.
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Attacks on Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Bills Signed into Law
Gov. Vetoed
Bills Filed
Signed into Law and Exec. Action
Bill Dead for Session
CA
OR
WA
ID
NV
AZ
UT
MT
WY
CO
NM
TX
OK
KS
NE
SD
NDMN
IA
MO
AR
LAMS AL
TN
KY
IL
WIMI
IN
FL
GASC
NC
OHWVVA
PA
NY
ME
AK HI
MDDENJ
CTRIMA
NHVT
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Future Threats: Public Sector Collective Bargaining
CA
OR
WA
ID
NV
AZ
UT
MT
WY
CO
NM
TX
OK
KS
NE
SD
NDMN
IA
MO
AR
LAMS AL
TN
KYIL
WI
MIIN
FL
GASC
NC
OHWV
VA
PA
NY
ME
AKHI
MD
DE NJCTRIMA
NHVT
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Fighting Back
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For more information on State Battles:
• For more information, contact:
• Naomi Walker: Director, State Government Relations/ Deputy Director, AFL-CIO Government Affairs
• 202-637-5157 or [email protected]• • Christine Silvia-DeGennaro: State Legislative Issues
Coordinator, AFL-CIO Government Affairs• 202-637-5177 or [email protected]