1. Who is the Anti-Union Network?
(The Anti-Union Network/Home)

...acts—notorious industry lobbyist and PR flak Richard Berman is now attacking unions through his latest front group, in the same way he's fought against drunk driving laws, health regulations,...

2. New Ad Campaign: The Secret Big Business Doesn't Want You to Know
(Press Center/2009 Press Releases)

...fort to defeat the bill. The ads are available here: www.FreeChoiceAct.org. Greedy CEOs and their front groups have pushed a deceptive campaign to divert attention away from the actual su...

3. The Secret Big Business Doesn't Want You to Know
(Employee Free Choice Act/Latest Updates)

... » Read about our new ad campaign » View the press release Greedy CEOs and their front groups have pushed a deceptive campaign about the Employee Free Choice Act. Our lat...

4. A Great Step Forward
(Employee Free Choice Act/Latest Updates)

Yesterday was an historic day. Corporate-funded front groups tried – and failed – to use the Employee Free Choice Act as a wedge issue in this election. They spent nearly $20 million dol

5. American Rights at Work Launches New National Television Ad Campaign for Employee Free Choice Act
(Press Center/2008 Press Releases)

...The national ad campaign also comes out to set the record straight in response to anti-union, corporate-funded front groups stopping at nothing to mislead the American public about the Employee Free C...

6. One More Thing to Do Before Labor Day
(Take Action/Campaigns)

...ally fire pro-union workers. Anti-union companies and special interests are busy lobbying and funding front groups to protect the status quo with everything they've got. We'll never have the...

7. 68% of Middle Class Supports the Employee Free Choice Act
(Employee Free Choice Act/Latest Updates)

...economy. [...] Momentum for the Employee Free Choice Act is real and while anti-union corporations and their front groups are spending millions to mislead the public, Americans aren't buying it.&q...

8. New Poll Shows Middle Class Overwhelmingly Supports Employee Free Choice Act
(Press Center/2008 Press Releases)

...that will help working families struggling in this economy.  Push polls released by anti-union corporate front groups earlier this year have tried to indicate otherwise, but this new poll shows...

9. Berman's Got a Brand New Bag: Professional Unionbuster (Updated)
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

...dence obtained by American Rights at Work from public court records shed more light on corporate lobbyist and front group architect Rick Berman's dealings with notorious anti-union company Smithfield...

10. Wal-Mart Mobilizing against the Employee Free Choice Act
(Employee Free Choice Act/Latest Updates)

...aid Mr. Steven Law, chief legal officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Maybe, if David first set up a front group to defame Goliath with a $30 million television advertising campaign before ...

11. Anti-Union Groups Spending Millions Against Employee Free Choice Act
(The Anti-Union Network/Home)

...o-worker Congressional candidates in the 2008 elections.  According to reports, several anti-union front groups plan to collectively spend almost $100 million in the next year against the ...

12. Employee Freedom Action Committee
(The Anti-Union Network/Employee Freedom Action Committee)

...mployee Freedom Action Committee (EFAC) is a political spin-off of lobbyist Richard Berman's anti-union front group, the Center for Union Facts.  EFAC attacks candidates who support the E...

13. Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Exposed
(The Anti-Union Network/Chamber of Commerce)

...untry.   Here's the real scoop on the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace... CDW is a front group for business associations, industry lobbying groups, and right-wing policy ...

14. Lifting the Veil on Richard Berman
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

... working on behalf of unpopular clients like the tobacco, alcohol, and fast food industries. Through various front groups he's created, Berman has mounted campaigns for his corporate backers to rel...

15. Cynical Attack on America's Teachers from Corporate Hack
(The Anti-Union Network/Home)

...l-documented by the media, American Rights at Work, and other public interest groups.  Through various front groups, Berman has mounted campaigns for his corporate backers to relax drunken dr...

16. Cynical Attack on America's Teachers from Corporate Hack
(Press Center/2008 Press Releases)

...well-documented by the media, American Rights at Work, and other public interest groups.  Through various front groups, Berman has mounted campaigns for his corporate backers to relax drunken dri...

17. What Anti-Union Forces Really Fear
(The Anti-Union Network/Home)

...gets are teachers' unions.  Though he purports to fight for workers through his Center for Union Facts front group, Rick Berman betrayed his true intent: What's not in doubt is that...

18. Stephen Colbert Unmasks "Dr Evil," aka Rick Berman
(The Anti-Union Network/Home)

...m to use their product? When not wearing his Center for Consumer Freedom hat, Berman leads another front group, the Center for Union Facts, which mounts smear campaigns against unions in...

19. Exposing the Opposition: The Facts on the Critics of the Employee Free Choice Act
(The Anti-Union Network/Additional Resources)

...here for a full profile of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Union Facts  This PR-focused front group creates lavish ads and relentless spin to try to damage the public image of ...

20. National Right to Work
(The Anti-Union Network/National Right to Work)

...-union agenda for a half century, its public profile has recently been eclipsed by the big-budget anti-union front group the Center for Union Facts .    Does National Right to Work hav...

21. Center for Union Facts
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

...nter for Union Facts in the Anti-Union Network The Center is the latest public relations campaign and front group devised by “notorious D.C. lobbyist”1 and veteran spin doctor Ri...

22. Chamber of Commerce
(The Anti-Union Network/Chamber of Commerce)

...th the assistance of Chamber labor lobbyist Randel Johnson,20 Berman created the Center for Union Facts, a new front group responsible for a steady stream of anti-union TV commercials and full-page ad...

23. Don't Trust The "Facts"
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

...ld be interesting if the government required such financial disclosures from Richard Berman and his network of front groups.  But it’s not likely to happen considering Berman’s close ...

24. Berman's Front Groups
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

Front Groups Set-Up by Berman to Further Big Business Interests Richard Berman runs all of the following campaigns out of his offices in Washington, DC, most of which were reveale

25. Allies and Tactics
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

...to speak loudly and “shoot the messenger” to attack the opposition.”37  Berman and his front groups have a well-documented track record of offering dubious statistics and dispu...

26. Feb. 26: The New York Times talks about the Employee Free Choice Act
(Employee Free Choice Act/Latest Updates)

...an Rights at Work, was quoted for the piece: "The notion that corporate lobbying coalitions and front groups are the new champions of workers' rights and democracy is laughable,"...

27. Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Misinformation About the Employee Free Choice Act
(Press Center/2007 Press Releases)

...reform of the nation’s broken labor law system. "The notion that corporate lobbying coalitions and front groups are the new champions of workers’ rights and democracy is laughable,&...

28. Resources
(The Anti-Union Network/Center for Union Facts)

...cade.  Visit its site –www.prwatch.org—to learn more about Richard Berman's PR activities and front groups.  Read the Center for Media and Democracy's  in-depth profil...