Selfish Billionaires Who Fight Policies That Help Working Families Pretend To Care
Charles And David Koch Oppose Fair Wages, Paid Sick And Family Leave, Pay Equity, And Collective Bargaining.
This weekend the Kochs and their donor-network of millionaires and billionaires gathered at the swanky Broadmoor resort to pay lip-service to the problem of income inequality. Hollow rhetoric aside, the Kochs only care about preserving their profits. The industrialist duo have habitually pushed back on any meaningful solutions to narrow income inequality and help working families.
“Charles Koch has spent his entire life creating income inequality by helping to elect the Kochs’ cadre of puppet-politicians to pass legislation that pads the Kochs’ bottom line,” said Eddie Vale, Vice President of American Bridge. “The Koch network spends hundreds of millions of dollars on elections and lobbying for their self-serving agenda. Whether it’s a minimum wage increase, the right to collectively bargain, pay equity, paid sick leave, protection of retirement income, or any issue that helps America’s working families–you name it–the Kochs have worked to kill it.”
Background:
- Right To Work
- West Virginia RKF: Hand-Picked Koch Candidate In WV Pushes Right-To-Work For Less
- Missouri RKF: Kochs Spend More Money In Missouri, Still Losing On Right-To-Work For Less
- Wisconsin RKF: AFP & Walker Teaming Up Again To Attack Workers’ Rights In Wisconsin
- Michigan AFL-CIO: The Shadowy Trail From The Koch Brothers To ‘Right To Work’ For Less In Michigan
- Minimum Wage
- Indiana Prevailing Wage
- Income Inequality
- Retirement Savings/Fiduciary Rule
- Paid Sick Leave
- CEO Pay Transparency