ALEC, here's wishing you an UNhappy Birthday #40 on August 7-9!
Welcome to Chitown where you will be greeted with
some folks who are going to blow out your birthday candles before you get a
chance! Have fun! One of these days your bill mill will be stilled!
Educators...following this article is a list (state by state) of ALL the ALEC
sponsored "education bills" for 2013. IT WILL MAKE YOU SICK!
Please share this with fellow
educators!
John
P.S. ALEC invited the darling of public school privatization, Jeb Bush, to address them at their party. Are you
surprised?
As ALEC Celebrates its 40th Birthday in Chicago,
Protesters Prepare to Blow Out the Candles
July 26, 2013
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, the corporate
"bill mill" which has advanced a potpourri of extreme anti-worker,
anti-environment, and pro-gun legislation, is turning 40 years this year, and
will hold its annual meeting in Chicago from August 7-9 in 2013. ALEC will be
greeted in the Windy City by a broad coalition of good government groups, labor
unions, as well as civil rights and religious groups, who will rally to say that
40 years of ALEC is nothing to celebrate.
ALEC’s 40th, like their previous meetings, will consist of closed-door
meetings where corporate lobbyists and state legislators sit together on task
forces and pass “model” bills, which the legislators then bring back and
introduce in their home states with no disclosure. The state legislators in
attendance will also be wined and dined at corporate-sponsored events and taken
to fancy dinners with special interest lobbyists.
Protests and Educational Activities Planned to Counter
ALEC’s Agenda
The special guests at ALEC’s 40th annual meeting include former Florida
Governor Jeb Bush, sweetheart of the school privatization movement.
The Chicago Federation of Labor has put together a Facebook event, and explains why Chicagoans and
others are raising their voices against ALEC: “ALEC is bringing state
politicians to Chicago to push a dangerous agenda that rewards greedy CEOs at
the expense of middle class families and our public schools and puts our safety
at risk. Forty years of ALEC is nothing to celebrate,” the site says.
MOVIE SCREENING: On Wednesday, August 7, Common Cause, the
Center for Media and Democracy, and others will host a screening of the Bill
Moyers documentary the “United States of ALEC” followed by a panel discussion.
The screening will be held at the University Center, 525 South State Street in Chicago
at a time to be announced.
RALLY: At noon on Thursday, August 8, a coalition of
groups, spearheaded by the Chicago Federation of Labor, is calling on people to
gather outside the ALEC conference at the Palmer House Hotel, located at 17 East
Monroe Street for a march and rally. You can tell them you are coming here.
ALEC’s Influence Highlighted in CMD's Special
Reports
In the weeks leading up to ALEC’s 40th Annual Meeting, the Center for
Media and Democracy is releasing a series of reports identifying hundreds of
ALEC bills that have been introduced around the country in 2013 that privatize
public education, make it harder to hold corporations accountable for harm they
cause, and block attempts to raise the minimum wage or give workers basic
benefits like paid sick days.
Now...for ALL the 2013 ALEC sponsored education
bills (please don't gag!),
John
John
ALEC Education Bills
2013
Read the Center for Media and Democracy's Special Report:
(Click here to view report and state-by-state
chart)
posted by Kathie Bracy at 2:49 PM
