| ▲ | crims0n 3 hours ago | |
Considering the annual revenue of Fortune 500 companies is near 20 Trillion, that is a much smaller amount than expected. | ||
| ▲ | blululu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Yeah, total us payroll is around 15T. They are basically spending $10 per employee per year. Or 1/10000 of the total spending on wages. This is actually small in terms of political spending. There are random scam ballot measures in CA that get more spending per voter than this. *edit: the actual report details this is just for services related to efforts targeting their own work force via lawyers and consultants. The total spending on the issue is likely much higher: https://www.epi.org/publication/u-s-employers-spend-more-tha... | ||
| ▲ | vjvjvjvjghv 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Stuff like this and also lobbying have an incredibly high ROI. Once a company has reached a certain size investing in changing rules to their favor is the best investment they can make. | ||
| ▲ | ambicapter 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
They don't need to spend that much to convince people, Americans are already predisposed to hate unions (see the comments in this thread). | ||