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The members of a corporation are the shareholders, not the employees. The employee equivalent to a corporation is a union, which also has free speech rights.


So what about employees who, for whatever reason, can't unionize? Do they simply forfeit the ability to avail themselves of collective speech?


Certainly not! I'm not in a union and I give money and time to a variety of nonprofit organizations. The EFF, for instance, is a corporation that exists to concentrate the power of many people who care about online rights and freedoms. The Sierra Club is a corporation that concentrates the power of people who care about the environment. Etc.


You giving money to EFF has nothing to do with being a corporation. You are not a controlling member of the EFF.


EFF is just an example. The point is that any group of individuals can form and/or fund a corporation to concentrate their speech on whatever topic they want.




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