Breaking Up with ALEC is Hard to Do For Johnson & Johnson
May 3, 2012 These Johnson & Johnson products were previously recalled as Procter and Gamble became the 13th major American firm to announce that it was dropping its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a few corporations have publicly confirmed their loyalty to the controversial organization. Johnson & Johnson is one of the companies that has so far stood by ALEC, despite ALEC's role in pushing "model" laws that make it harder for Americans to vote and that advance the NRA's gun agenda.
Firm Tries to Distance itself from Extreme ALEC Agenda
Instead of quitting, Johnson & Johnson prefers to try to distance itself from certain elements of the ALEC agenda, which may explain ALEC's PR move to dump its "Public Safety and Elections Task Force," where corporate lobbyists and elected officials voted behind closed doors on templates for changing gun and voting laws.
Bill Price, a spokesman for the New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson said the company financially supports ALEC and other organizations because of "a broad range of issues and, while we express our views to organizations with which we work, we may not align with or support every public position each of these broad-based groups takes." Johnson & Johnson's Vice President for State Government Affairs Don Bohn represents the company on ALEC's corporate "Private Enterprise" board, as of 2011.
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