Issue Campaigns:

The most sophisticated way to persuade elected officials today is by grassroots lobbying and coalition building. BCR has considerable experience polling for advocacy groups in order to help them reach their legislative goals by influencing public opinion.

We worked with Amalgamated Transportation Union locals in Washington, DC and Boston, Massachusetts to defeat mass transit privatization proposals. In Virginia, BCR helped the Sierra Club and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation win legislative approval to limit development in watershed areas.

Additionally, we worked with the National Education Association to defeat bills written to establish tuition vouchers for private schools in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In Arkansas, we helped the Arkansas Education Association convince the governor and legislature to approve raises for public school teachers.

In Massachusetts, we worked with a coalition of unions including SEIU and AFSCME lobby successfully for pay increases for state employees.