That's quite a conspiracy theory attributed to corporate America, and like all conspiracy theories, complete nonsense. Much of corporate America today, especially the technology sector, is largely Progressive. 

American companies have to compete with labor in China, Mexico and elsewhere, so how can you fault them for trying to remain competitive in the uncharted waters of neo-liberal globalization? The "starve the beast" tactic is the only tool that taxpayers have today to fight the public employee unions who insulate and enrich themselves at the expense of taxpayers and entrepreneurs who create the jobs that sustain our economy. 

Go to any school in 4J and you will find ineffective teachers who no one likes yet who return year after year. At this point,  the system is so flawed that even if incompetent teachers could be easily fired it wouldn't improve much. The teachers' union protects policies that favor teachers over kids. The kids don't have a union to fight for them.