ALEC moves it's anti-public school agenda
Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich and other conservative activists and currently bankrolled by the Koch Bros., ALEC is a critical arm of the right-wing network of policy shops that, with infusions of corporate cash, has evolved to shape American politics.
Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser, write in Aug. 1-8 issue of The Nation:
antilabor laws, including laws to restrict the scope of collective bargaining; to limit or eliminate “project labor
Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser, write in Aug. 1-8 issue of The Nation:
GOP leaders, fresh from their blowout victory in November, pushed a consistent message—“We’re broke”; “Public sector workers are to blame”; “If we tax the rich we’ll face economic extinction”—and deployed legislative tools inspired by ALEC to enact their vision.This spring, GOP governors or legislatures introduced at least 500 of these and other ALEC-inspired
antilabor laws, including laws to restrict the scope of collective bargaining; to limit or eliminate “project labor
