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Massey is chartered in Delaware, which is known for its corporate-friendly policies, although the company has no operations there.

Sarah van Gelder: Not Above the Law: Revoking Massey Energy's Charter Sarah van Gelder 2011

Massey is chartered in Delaware, which is known for its corporate-friendly policies, although the company has no operations there.

Sarah van Gelder: Not Above the Law: Revoking Massey Energy's Charter Sarah van Gelder 2011

Funded by some of the largest corporations based in the United States, ALEC takes the policy ideas of corporate-friendly think tanks, turns them into hundreds of "model legislation" bills undermining unions, blocking environmental protections, opposing health care reform, and supporting the tobacco and private prison industries.

Miles Mogulescu: ALEC: The Behind the Scenes Player in the States' Fight Against the Middle Class Miles Mogulescu 2011

Massey is chartered in Delaware, which is known for its corporate-friendly policies, although the company has no operations there.

Sarah van Gelder: Not Above the Law: Revoking Massey Energy's Charter Sarah van Gelder 2011

So what is ALEC, who funds it, how does it get hundreds of corporate-friendly bills passed in state legislatures throughout the country, and why is it a key player -- perhaps THE key player -- in efforts by Republican Governors and legislatures in numerous states to bust unions?

Miles Mogulescu: ALEC: The Behind the Scenes Player in the States' Fight Against the Middle Class Miles Mogulescu 2011

The modernist credo sworn in at the Bauhaus and dedicated to function and transparency in service to the masses, devoid of ornament and disdainful of local color, had evolved into the International Style, a corporate-friendly, glass-and-steel aesthetic seen at its best in Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building.

History, Repeating Itself Julie V. Iovine 2011

The liberal narrative of a corporate-friendly conservative activists, is really only just beginning to take shape, and the while liberal legal groups that can shape and support prospective nominees are growing stronger, there's nothing on the left that yet equals the influence and reach of the Federalist Society.

The 'magic' of the Supreme Court's rightward shift Adam Serwer 2010

People want health reform, they are just not that excited by this ‘corporate-friendly’ version.

Think Progress » Virginia Delegate Fighting To Invalidate Health Reform: Reform Is ‘Criminal,’ An Attempt To Take ‘Your Soul’ 2010

There have been many worrisome indicators of the president moving to more corporate-friendly positions in the past few months.

Robert Weissman: Corporations and the State of the Union Robert Weissman 2011

But by “ignoring the requirements of the law” and applying corporate-friendly cost-benefit analysis to the question of the “best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact”, OIRA “embraced alternative, less protective measures urged by energy companies — including Cinergy, Edison Electric, and Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), among others.”

Wonk Room » Sotomayor’s Environmental Wisdom 2009