Recent News
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce to boost the Biden Administration’s economic policies, known as “Bidenomics.” Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) State Director Ashley Klingensmith issued the following statement on Sec. Yellen’s visit: “Secretary Yellen will tell us that this is the ‘strongest economic comeback of our lifetimes,’ but […]
While well-intended, government wage mandates hurt more people than they help. Policies like minimum wages increase the cost of goods and services on lower income families. Plus, these policies deny more people the chance to earn an income by reducing jobs available. When those opportunities close, fewer people gain the skills and experience needed to […]
Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of millions of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support H.J. Res. 98 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint […]
Lansing, Michigan—Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI), the largest grassroots organization in the Great Lake State, issued a stinging rebuke of the Growing Michigan Together Council’s report on how to grow Michigan’s population. Governor Gretchen Whitmer convened the council earlier this year to address Michigan’s anemic population growth as Michiganders flee the state. Among the Council’s recommendations […]
Lansing, Michigan—Today, the Michigan legislature voted to violate public employees’ privacy by requiring that the government hand over the personal identifying information of new public employees to union organizers. The measure is similar to a provision in the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) a federal bill that would roll back Right to Work protections […]
ROCKFORD, IL – Today, President Joe Biden and his favorite governor, J.B. Pritzker, met with United Automobile Workers (UAW) leaders after Stellantis agreed to reopen the auto plant. After the meeting, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois State Director Jason Heffley released the following statement: “Biden’s trip to Belvidere to spike the football on the re-opening of the […]
The rights of American workers are under attack because of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R.842). The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) completed a markup of the Pro Act, Paycheck Fairness Act and Healthy Families Act in June. (A markup is when lawmakers in the U.S. Congress or […]
Lansing, Michigan – As Ford, Stellantis, and GM recently announced new rounds of layoffs due to the UAW strike, Americans for Prosperity-Michigan State Director Annie Patnaude released the following statement: “By playing favorites and recklessly spending Michiganders’ hard-earned tax dollars the Biden-Whitmer agenda has emboldened big union leaders who know they will stand with them instead of American auto […]
ARLINGTON, VA – As we wait to see if a tentative agreement between the UAW and Ford advances and leads to deals ending the strikes at GM and Stellantis facilities, Americans for Prosperity’s Employment Policy Fellow Austen Bannan made the following statement: “The aggressive union demands and strikes have already caused UAW auto workers, and all American […]
