Five tech giants have dropped, or plan to or are expected to drop, their membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, a free-market, state-focused group that has become a target of the left in recent years. The group maintains a library of model state and local legislation and connects businesses, nonprofits and a substantial number of state lawmakers, offering corporate members a voice in the policymaking process. But ALEC has come under fire in recent years for its support of what liberal groups say are conservative social and fiscal policies. Most recently, shareholders and nonprofits have aligned to pressure its corporate members — who pay at least $7,000 to $25,000 for such membership — to dump the organization over its environmental policies.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:24:43 +0000