The Well-Funded Anti-Union Arsenal

Over the past 20 years, corporate conservatives and economic libertarians
have spent more that $170 million trying to convince us that labor unions
are bad for America, and that government laws and regulations should not
protect a worker's right to organize a union without harassment and termination.

The coalition of foundations that fund conservative and right-wing think tanks
and other institutions that attack organized labor give money to an array of
allied and interconnected think tanks that numerous reports and issue an endless
stream of press releases. This creates the impression that there is a groundswell of support
for reigning in labor unions and government "interference" in corporate affairs.

These foundations often give long-term grants that provide stability and ensure the
survival of conservative and right-wing think tanks.

The chart below illustrates the strtaegic way in which the Anti-Union Arsenal is funded.

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To the right is a list of foundations that fund conservative and right-wing think tanks and other institutions that undermine the ability of labor union to freely organize workers without corporate interference and propaganda campaigns. The list below is a selection of those anti-union conservative and right-wing think tanks and other institutions	Total Grants	Allegheny Foundation	Carthage Foundation	Castle Rock Foundation	Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust	Earhart Foundation	F.M. Kirby Foundation	Jaquelin Hume Foundation	JM Foundation	John M. Olin Foundation	Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation	Orville D. and Ruth A. Merillat Foundation	Randolph Foundation	Rodney Foundation	Roe Foundation	Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation	Sarah Scaife Foundation	Scaife Family Foundation	Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation	Smith Richardson Foundation	Walton Family Foundation	William H. Donner Foundation
National Right to Work Foundation	3,319,500			35,000			430,000	110,000		1,985,000		190,000		9,000	10,500	350,000			155,000		45,000

Alexis de Tocqueville Institution	3,053,700		15,000		746,000		35,000	110,000		362,500	1,293,900				3,000							488,300
American Enterprise Institute	32,964,767		300,000	295,000		448,800	75,000	150,000	60,000	7,022,124	15,237,797		65,000				4,436,000	590,000		3,930,046		355,000
Americans For Tax Reform	1,990,500		325,000						25,000	525,000	50,000		302,500		15,000	20,000	375,000		3,000		325,000	25,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation	3,748,632		905,000			1,524,742			30,000	5,000	148,890				120,000	30,000	920,000					65,000
Cato Institute	4,065,100		115,000	100,000		217,600	107,500	150,000	75,000	832,500	562,500				22,500	13,000	1,757,500		5,000		12,000	95,000
Center for Social Thought Corporation	241,500										241,500
Center for the Study of Popular Culture	13,118,000	125,000	625,000	250,000				150,000		2,085,000	4,933,000		245,000				3,450,000	1,225,000	10,000			20,000
Education Policy Institute	770,000									127,500	75,000					45,000	100,000	272,500				150,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation	1,638,963		50,000	50,000			80,000	73,795	45,000		208,000		80,000		160,000	231,668	210,000		500		350,000	100,000
Free Congress Foundation	24,631,960	144,000	10,560,000	1,050,000	220,000		80,000		30,000	710,000	6,489,960		125,000		105,000		4,558,000	400,000	160,000
Goldwater Institute	776,000			25,000		20,000		95,000	60,000	75,000				8,000	67,500	157,500			13,000		155,000	100,000
Heartland Institute	1,112,000		10,000	30,000	175,000			91,000	82,000	40,000	213,000			12,000	24,000		325,000				110,000
Heritage Foundation	45,911,437		2,759,000	2,148,760			535,000	50,000	60,000	8,320,835	12,961,202	150,000		8,000	596,000	95,000	17,235,000	702,640	45,000		20,000	225,000
Hillsdale College: Center for Constructive Alternatives & Imprimis	1,865,750			1,525,750			15,000			325,000
Hudson Institute, Inc.	14,076,203		775,000	85,000	70,000	71,783	102,500	5,000	50,000	3,034,840	5,090,070						2,008,000	221,000	75,000	1,595,510	100,000	792,500
James Madison Institute	429,630							100,000	30,000							91,130						208,500
Mackinac Center	2,163,200			25,000		113,300		225,000	70,000		295,000	215,000		189,900	150,000	305,000	100,000				300,000	175,000
Pacific Research Inst. for Public Policy	4,988,750			125,000		134,000		438,750	30,000	735,000	675,000				46,000	155,000	2,072,000				150,000	428,000
Rockford Institute (includes Chronicles)	2,294,370				485,420	12,000			15,000	300,000	690,950				1,000		675,000	100,000				15,000
Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation	7,041,005		550,000			385,000			15,000	1,125,000	905,380					20,000	3,475,000	550,000				15,625
Western Journalism Center	251,500			98,500											3,000							150,000

TOTAL	170,452,467	269,000	16,989,000	5,843,010	1,696,420	2,927,225	1,460,000	1,748,545	677,000	27,610,299	50,071,149	555,000	817,500	226,900	1,323,500	1,513,298	41,696,500	4,061,140	466,500	5,525,556	1,567,000	3,407,925

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The Well-Funded Anti-Union Arsenal

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