its most similar New World counterpart--Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United …

bargaining regarding outsourcing, alliances, strikes and political action, including lobbying and international work standards …

lobbyists, and these communities have become particularly adept at lobbying to secure additional grant money and shift state … of the professional lobbying industry. And while some states have recently debated measures to restrict lobbying by local … governments, these efforts will likely do more harm than good in the absence of structural reforms to the lobbying industry more …