Former union officials have teamed up with pharmaceutical companies via the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association to defeat drug-price proposals. Politicians who are proposing drug-price proposals to lower the costs associated with prescription medications are surprised to find that former union representatives are not aligned with their cause. In fact, union officials are championing the argument that drug companies make, stating that drug-price proposals will “stifle innovation” which ultimately threatens union jobs.
See "Labor Unions Team Up With Drug Makers to Defeat Drug-Price Proposals", Katie Thomas, New York Times, December 4, 2019