Anna Burger, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of the Change to Win labor federation, issued a statement today condemning United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Read the full text after the jump: “Today the US Supreme Court lifted the floodgates and started dismantling century-old restrictions on corporate electoral activity in the name of the ‘free speech rights’ of corporations–meaning if you are a ‘corporate person’ (aka a CEO or corporate official), you are now free to hit the corporate ATM and spend whatever of your shareholders’ money it takes to elect the candidates of your choice.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=131594