According to an email ThinkProgress received from the Center for Media and Democracy, one of the leaders of a progressive campaign
to push corporations and other funders to break with the American
Legislative Exchange Council, online retail giant Amazon.com just
announced that it will part ways with ALEC. In the wake of this
campaign, ALEC eliminated a task force
that pushed voter suppression laws and the so-called “Stand Your
Ground” laws that played a significant role in the aftermath of the
Trayvon Martin shooting, but the conservative group remains committed to
other priorities such as repealing minimum wage laws, eliminating capital gains and estate taxes, and blocking safeguards that protect children from eating rat poison.
Other groups that have dropped ALEC include: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft, Wendy’s, Mars, Inc., Arizona Public Service, the National Board for Professional Teaching StandardsScantron, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers, Kaplan, Procter & Gamble, Yum! Brands, five Pennsylvania legislators, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Reed Elsevier, American Traffic Solutions, Intuit, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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