Under the Biden administration, Big Labor has pressed its interests in several core issues of labor policy. We have previously noted labor union strategies to adapt to contemporary workplace relations by changing the definitions of “joint employment” and “independent contracting.” But Big Labor’s “card check” advocacy has not been as politically weak as expected, as evidenced by the new NLRB general counsel's attempts to implement it by reviving the Joy…

Few entities embody the symbiotic relationship between American organized labor and the Left better than Amalgamated Bank. With a client list that includes some of the biggest political players in the country, Amalgamated has branched out to involve itself in everything from nonprofit grantmaking to corporate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) activism.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation has ballooned its revenues by 8,890 percent since its creation, from revenues of $253,000 in 2017 to nearly $23 million in 2019. The 501(c)(3) is focused on…

In mid-2019, the Amalgamated Charitable launched an aggressive campaign to curb donations to conservative, libertarian, and right-leaning nonprofits by labeling them “hate groups.” The Hate Is Not Charitable campaign was…

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)activism can also extend beyond an organization’s own practices and investment decisions. Shareholders in publicly traded companies can attempt to leverage their position to pressure…