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Title: Indiana gov. signs right-to-work bill, state becomes Rust Belt’s 1st to enact labor union law
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The Washington Post
URL Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin ... 12/02/01/gIQApHx4gQ_story.html
Published: Feb 1, 2012
Author: AP
Post Date: 2012-02-01 18:41:01 by We The People
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is the first Rust Belt state to enact the contentious right-to-work labor law prohibiting labor contracts that require workers to pay union representation fees, after Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the bill Wednesday afternoon. The Senate approved the measure a few hours earlier Wednesday, following weeks of discord that saw House Democrats boycott the Legislature and thousands of protesters gather at the Statehouse. “Seven years of evidence and experience ultimately demonstrated that Indiana did need a right-to-work law to capture jobs for which, despite our highly rated business climate, we are not currently being considered,” Daniels said in a statement. A spokeswoman said he would not take questions on the measure Wednesday. Indiana is the first state in a decade to enact a right-to-work law. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Indiana the Rust Belt’s first right-to-work state, passing legislation that prohibits labor contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees. Thousands of union members gathered inside the Statehouse chanted “Shame on you!” and “See you at the Super Bowl!” as the vote was announced. Thousands more amassed outside for a rally that spilled into the Indianapolis streets, already bustling with Super Bowl festivities, hoping to point a national spotlight on the state. Indiana will be the first state in a decade to enact a right-to-work law, although few states with legislation in place boast Indiana’s union clout, borne of a long manufacturing legacy. The move is likely to embolden national right-to-work advocates who have unsuccessfully pushed the measure in other states following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010. Passage of the law will close one chapter in a contentious debate that sparked a five-week walkout by outnumbered House Democrats last year and saw them stage numerous boycotts this session, delaying action on other bills and threatening to spill over into Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill in a 28-22 vote Wednesday morning. The bill now heads for the desk of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has said he will sign it upon arrival. “We’re giving freedom to workers who don’t want to be a part of something they don’t believe in,” said Republican Sen. Carlin Yoder, shortly before the vote. Over the past year, Republicans have pushed for other anti-union laws in battleground Rust Belt states where many of the country’s manufacturing jobs reside, including Wisconsin and Ohio, but they also have faced backlash from Democrats and union supporters. Wisconsin last year stripped public sector unions of collective bargaining rights. Despite massive protests outside the Capitol, Wisconsin’s GOP-dominated Assembly passed a law backed by Gov. Scott Walker in March that strips nearly all collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions. Walker is now preparing for a recall election after opponents turned in a million signatures aimed at forcing a vote and ousting him from office. In November, Ohio voters repealed a law limiting collective bargaining rights that was championed by Gov. John Kasich and fellow Republican lawmakers. State police estimated that 3,000 protesters packed the Statehouse Wednesday and another 3,000-4,000 packed the Statehouse lawn. Union protesters in Indiana said Wednesday they were not ready to be silenced. About half of the protesters marched to the Indiana Convention Center and cheered when a person went over head on the zipline set up for Super Bowl fans. Some of the protesters were holding signs reading “Hands off My Union,” ‘’Stop the War on Workers” and another said “Ditch Mitch.” Bruce Frazier, 56, an ironworker from Muncie who works in Indianapolis, stood on the south lawn of the Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon surrounded by more than a thousand union members and supporters protesting the vote. Frazier said many of the buildings now being used for this week’s Super Bowl events were built with skilled labor. “We built everything in Indianapolis to bring the Super Bowl here — and this is how they thank us, by breaking our way to make a living,” he said. Indiana AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Harris said protesters planned to hand out leaflets before Sunday’s game. Daniels said this week that it would be a “colossal mistake” for union protesters to disrupt Super Bowl festivities and that any such move could backfire on them. Indiana AFL-CIO president Nancy Guyott pledged that Wednesday’s vote wouldn’t be a permanent victory, noting that Indiana has adopted and repealed right to work before. “We’ll take our state back, one block at a time,” she said. Supporters say right to work helps create a pro-business climate that attracts employers and increases jobs. Opponents say it leads to lower wages and poorer quality jobs, and they accused Republicans of rushing the bill through to avoid disrupting the Super Bowl. But with Republicans outnumbering Democrats in the House and Senate, and House Democrats facing stiff fines if they walked out for a lengthy period as they did last year, opponents had few opportunities to stop the bill. Testifying against the bill Wednesday, Sen. Vi Simpson, D-Bloomington, said there was no evidence that right to work created jobs and likened the bill’s fate to the Super Bowl, but with one team playing at a huge disadvantage. “Our side has fewer men on the field, and our team doesn’t have pads or helmets,” Simpson said. “We already know what the final score is going to be.” Experts say many factors influence states’ economies and that it’s nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right to work. For major industries, access to supplies, infrastructure, key markets and a skilled workforce are key factors, according to business recruitment specialists. For a state’s workers, the impact of right-to-work legislation is limited because only about 7 percent of private sector employees are unionized. Over the years, job growth has surged in states with, and without, right-to-work laws. Oklahoma, with its rural-based economy that produces comparatively fewer union jobs than Indiana, was the last state to pass right-to-work legislation, in 2001.
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#1. To: We The People (#0)
Mitch Daniels should be running for President.
He'd have DumbDubv43 budgets to answer for...which is why he didn't run. Why are Right To Work states the poorest in the nation?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
You democrats are wacked out evil people. You say killing a baby is a right. But there is no right to work. Is mass suicide asking to much?
Great, now they can have a job without becoming a communist.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
LOL!! If mack daddy doesn't show up to at least one 'eligibility' hearing and prove he is eligible to run for POTUS, and he's scratched from the ballots, you can count it. There will be, nashing of teeth and
Is asking you to go fuck yourself with this abortion bullshit too much?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
First off, there's very little that is as pathetic as you are...secondly...it's even less when you throw the hopes of Berferism into the mix. How's your little Mac Daddy doing, btw? Daughter find the father yet or at least narrow down the pool?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Go post at the scrotum asshole. Adios.
You banned him for that?
You must have a reading problem.
You banned him, didn't you, scrotum breath?
adios 1837, Amer.Eng., from Sp. adios, from phrase a dios vos acomiendo "I commend you to God" (see adieu). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper *Adios MoFo
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Eff you. I thought you were a decent person.
Well eff you too! I didn't say he should be banned jagoff, but I don't particularity like the pinhead either. I thought you were more level headed than to fly off the handle like that.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
a bit abusive don't ya think...look, Stone does a good job with this board. People that can't express themselves in a mature manner need to join the ranks of the moronic flamethrowers like yuckturd or GI at LP. There needs to be ONE board where thoughts can be expressed without the over the top rhetoric. Having said that, War has never been anything but cordial to me...and there's not much we agree upon. Would you tolerate that conversation, directed at you, if it was conducted face to face?
I meant to ping you to the above post...sorry
Actually I already put war back on. But now I took you off. See how that works?
You banned Fred for being loyal? Adios...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
No. I temporarily took his posting ability away. That is what I do when I think someone is being disrespectful beyond the political debate. מה
Brokered convention. Jeb, Mitch?
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
How many times have you removed your own privileges for being disrespectful? This abortion/dead babies crap has got to stop. You look like an idiot and all you do is invite what you get in return. NO one cares to get sucked into this crap with you. If you weren't such a pig-nosed douchebag about it then you'd understand that. Accusing me of murder and wanting babies dead...I tell you Stone...if you said that to my face I'd drop you where you stand. YOU want the babies to die after they are born...especially if they are gay...you want women to die of breast and ovarian cancer because you don't want money spent on health care and screening. So, when you get some moral consistency to your argument then maybe it would be worth discussing...until then STFU...you're no paragon of justice to the unborn...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
It's quite possible. Most states (other than Florida) proportionally allocate their delegates this year. If all four current candidates stay in the race, Romney won't be able to win 50% + 1 delegates. After the first ballot, the delegates are free to vote for whomever they choose. Yes, Daniels, Bush, Christie will quickly emerge as alternatives.
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
#2. To: jwpegler (#1)
Mitch Daniels should be running for President.
#3. To: war (#2)
Why are Right To Work
#4. To: We The People, *Ron Paul for President* (#0)
“We’re giving freedom to workers who don’t want to be a part of something they don’t believe in,”
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
"Is mass suicide asking to much?
wailing looting in the streets! ;)
#6. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#7. To: Murron (#5)
#8. To: war (#6)
#9. To: A K A Stone, war, skip intro, mininggold, Brian S, sneakypete, lucysmom (#8)
Go post at the scrotum asshole. Adios.
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
#11. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#12. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
Adios.
I'd use "via con Dios" if it was someone other than war. AMF* would be more like it for him.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#13. To: hondo68 (#12)
#14. To: Fred Mertz (#13)
(Edited)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#15. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
(Edited)
Is asking you to go fuck yourself with this abortion bullshit too much?
#16. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#17. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
(Edited)
#18. To: A K A Stone (#17)
#19. To: war (#18)
#20. To: jwpegler (#1)
Mitch Daniels should be running for President.
#21. To: A K A Stone (#19)
(Edited)
#22. To: Brian S (#20)
Brokered convention. Jeb, Mitch?
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
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