John,

Each year, Starbucks receives $4 million in tax subsidies from the government.[1] And yet, just in the last few months, there have been at least 63 different allegations made by Starbucks employees contending the company is engaging in illegal activity against them. This includes a recent complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board alleging Starbucks is cutting hours in a “swift response to workplace organizing campaigns at Starbucks stores around the country.”[2]

Corporations that engage in anti-worker, anti-union behavior should not receive tax subsidies.

Write to your U.S. senators right now and tell them to pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act, which would stop corporations from taking tax deductions for the hundreds of millions of dollars they spend each year in anti-union activity.

Thank you for taking action today to hold greedy corporations accountable for their illegal, anti-union activities.

Sarah Christopherson
Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] “Good Jobs First Subsidy Tracker,” May 26, 2022
[2] “Exclusive: Starbucks hit with charges over sweeping illegal union-busting scheme,” More Perfect Union, March 14, 2022

-- Frank's email --

John,

Each year, union-busting corporations spend at least $340 million on blatant anti-union activities, and they then take a federal tax deduction for this anti-worker behavior. The money is spent on anti-union consultants, anti-union advertising, so-called “captive audience meetings,” and violations of the National Labor Relations Act.[1]

These activities should not be tax deductible.

Now, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has introduced the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act, which would end taxpayer subsidization of anti-union activity. This bill has the support of 20 senators―40% of the Senate Democratic caucus.

Let’s keep building support in Congress to fight back against greedy corporations’ anti-union, anti-worker actions. Click here to send a message to your senators urging them to pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act.

According to the bill’s author:

Amazon was forced to enter a National Settlement agreement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December after illegally violating workers’ rights.[2] That followed an order from the labor board only the month before, in November, requiring Amazon to hold a revote after illegally interfering in an election in Bessemer, Alabama where workers were trying to form a union.[3]

Amazon ranks 11th on the Good Jobs First subsidy tracker with more than $3.5 billion in taxpayer subsidies over the years.[4]

Click here to send a message directly to your U.S. senators demanding they hold union-busting corporations accountable.

Thank you for taking action, ensuring our taxpayer dollars don’t subsidize greedy anti-union corporations.

Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] “Casey, Wyden, Murray, Booker, Van Hollen introducing the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act to end the taxpayer subsidization of anti-union activity by corporations,” Office of U.S. Senator Bob Casey, May 12, 2022
[2] “Amazon accused of violating U.S. labor law after union supporters' arrests,” Reuters, Feb. 24, 2022
[3] “Amazon faces a second union vote at an Alabama warehouse next month after the NLRB found the company interfered with the first election,” Business Insider, Jan. 11, 2022
[4] “Good Jobs First Subsidy Tracker,” May 26, 2022