Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Beginnings
For years the Democracy Alliance has embodied big money on the American Left. The alliance is as notable for the tremendous depth of its partners’ pockets and for the relative…
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Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Funding Union Priorities
The Democracy Alliance functions largely to channel contributions pledged by its well-heeled partners to left-of-center organizations that the alliance has recommended. Individual partners are reportedly expected to commit at least…
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Union Personnel
Still further evidence of the close relationship between Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance can be found in the number of current or former union personnel serving on the alliance’s…
Unions and Their Allies Threaten the Supply Chain
Anyone with a passing familiarity with current economic conditions is aware of supply chain problems, which are contributing to inflation and product shortages. These supply chain problems are largely not…
NLRB Counsel Wants Card Check as Left-Wing Labor Pick Fails
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…
Amalgamated Bank: How Did We Get Here?
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…
Amalgamated Bank: Philanthropic Politics
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…
Amalgamated Bank: “Hate Is Not Charitable”
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…
Amalgamated Bank: Shareholder Activism
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…
Organized Labor Is a Dubious Ally for Conservatives
American business, long the key funder and rock-ribbed ally of the Republican Party and the conservative movement that uses the GOP as its imperfect electoral vehicle, now seems captive to…