The number of companies leaving ALEC is now up to 12. Yum Brands is one of the largest food service companies…adding to the list of already huge corporations leaving ALEC. If you don’t understand why ALEC is a big deal – click HERE.
Color of Change gives a press release:
Today, employees in Yum! Brands’ corporate headquarters have told our members and ColorOfChange staff that the company has in fact dropped ALEC. In doing so, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell has restored our belief that it stands in favor of crafting legislation in view of the public, rather than behind closed doors.
“We sent CEO David Novak’s office a letter last year expressing our concerns about ALEC’s role in voter suppression, and in early February received a noncommittal response from James Fripp, the company’s Senior Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion. That letter said that Yum! was not part of ALEC’s Private Enterprise Board, but did not communicate that the company had severed ties completely with the conservative policy group.
The companies that have already publicly left ALEC under pressure from Color of Change and Common Cause are:
Kraft, Pepsi,Coca-Cola, Intuit, the Gates Foundation, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Arizona Public Service, Mars, Inc., American Traffic Solutions, Reed Elsevier, Blue-Cross Blue Shield and Yum Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut).
BOYCOTTS WORK.
Color of Change is now pressuring AT&T, State Farm and Johnson & Johnson to leave ALEC. YOU CAN HELP. Email these people below and let them know how you feel about ALEC:
Johnson & Johnson
Jeffrey Leebaw
Vice President, Corporate Communication
Office telephone: +1-732-524-3350
Email – jleebaw@its.jnj.com
AT&T
State Regulatory/Legislative
Walt Sharp
Email - walt.sharp@att.com
214-708-4500
State Farm
Corporate Communications
Dick Luedke
(309) 766-3635
Email - dick.luedke.h2hj@statefarm.com
To see a list of the organizations that are members of ALEC – click HERE. Some might call this a corporatocracy.
