Business-Roundtable-Precursor

Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable Founded by Roger Blough to Break Construction Unions

1969-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Roger Blough, the 65-year-old retired chairman of U.S. Steel, founds the Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable (CUAIR) in 1969, “affectionately known” as “Roger’s Roundtable,” with the explicit goal of breaking construction union power. Blough’s intention …

Roger Blough Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable U.S. Steel General Motors General Electric +3 more business-roundtable-precursor anti-union corporate-coordination labor-suppression ceo-coordination

Committee for Economic Development Founded as Business-Government Policy Coordination Body

1942-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is founded in September 1942 as a nonprofit policy organization bringing together corporate executives, economists, and government officials to coordinate economic policy. The organization originates within the Commerce Department under FDR’s …

Committee for Economic Development Paul G. Hoffman William Benton Marion B. Folsom Jesse Jones +1 more corporate-lobbying policy-coordination ced business-roundtable-precursor institutional-capture