Indiana Becomes 23rd ‘Right To Work’ State
Indiana Becomes 23rd ‘Right To Work’ State – Sweetness & Light
From an irate (but going broke because of their union contracts) New York Times:
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Indiana Governor Signs a Law Creating a ‘Right to Work’ State
By Monica Davey
February 1, 2012Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana, who had once said that he did not wish to add a “right to work” provision to the state’s labor laws, signed a bill on Wednesday doing just that.
What a dirty liar Gov. Daniels is. (Except that he and most of the Republicans ran on making Indiana a ‘right to work’ state.)
The legislation, which bars union contracts from requiring non-union members to pay fees for representation, makes Indiana the first state in more than a decade to enact right to work legislation and the only one in the Midwestern manufacturing belt to have such a law.
Which could mean that Indiana is now firmly in the Republican voting column. Since there is a very close correlation between ‘right to work’ states and voting GOP. (See map above.) Though it’s already pretty reliably Republican.
Mr. Daniels, a Republican who is prevented by term limits from seeking re-election this year, signed the measure only hours after it cleared the Republican-held State Senate…
It really is a shame the way Republicans let themselves be hamstrung by laws. Term limits never stopped Mayor Bloomberg from running for re-election.
[E]nding what had become a rancorous, partisan fight before the national spotlight of the Super Bowl arrives in Indianapolis on Sunday.
What a laugh. The Obama campaign and the unions and their stooges in the Occupy Wall Street ‘movement’ are already planning to raise holy hell at the Super Bowl. In fact, they have been raising hell all week in Indianapolis.
The bill, which takes effect immediately, makes Indiana the 23rd state in the nation with such a law…
Elections really do have consequences. And they aren’t always bad.
It remained uncertain whether final approval of the bill would prevent union protests at events related to the Super Bowl, and on Wednesday thousands of union members and supporters marched, chanting in protest, from the Statehouse to Lucas Oil Stadium, the site of the football game…
There is nothing uncertain about it. The ‘protesters’ have already been rented.
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Dave C
Indiana has always been a solid Republican State. The exception being if the Party nominates someone who they perceive as Liberal (McCain/Romney). BTW, Indiana was one of the few States who voted against FDR. Look for more companies to look at Indiana to build and expand. Look out Southern States we are competing with you for those jobs.