(Indianapolis Star)
I am pleased to post a letter I got from the National Right to Work Committee. They are reporting a significant legislative victory in Indiana. Note the negative spin put on this by the LA Times.
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Dear Gary,
I have exciting news.
After an almost ten-year struggle involving hundreds of thousands of mobilized Hoosiers, Indiana can finally enjoy all the benefits of a Right to Work law.
On Wednesday, the Indiana Senate passed the Right to Work bill to free nearly 200,000 Hoosiers who have been forced to pay union dues or fees for the privilege of getting up every day and going to work so they can provide for their families.
Governor Mitch Daniels signed the bill a few hours later, making Indiana America's 23rd Right to Work state.
Read more about this historic victory for worker freedom in the Indianapolis Star, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Fox News.
The ten-year battle that led to this victory would never have been possible without the help of our generous and loyal supporters, who stuck with us when all the naysayers declared that we could never succeed.
That includes not only the enthusiasm and activism of grassroots Hoosiers but the commitment of Right to Work supporters from across the country whose generosity helped make Right to Work a reality in Indiana.
Lawmakers passed the bill despite a hostile weeks-long protest at the capitol -- and at many of their homes -- by several thousand pro-forced unionism protesters.
This happened because those legislators were also receiving tens of thousands of phone calls, letters, emails and postcards from pro-Right to Work Hoosiers all across the state.
Indiana is now the first Right to Work state in the Manufacturing Belt, and Hoosiers are certain to enjoy a significant advantage over all of their neighbors and the rest of the 27 non-Right to Work states.
Virtually every site selection consultant on record has testified that as many as half of their clients will not even consider expanding or relocating to non-Right to Work states.
That's a lesson Governor Daniels said he experienced first-hand when Volkswagen chose to build a new plant in Right to Work Tennessee -- after the company wouldn't even take his phone calls.
I want to thank the thousands of dedicated Hoosiers who have stood up over the years to demand passage of the Indiana Right to Work law.
Concerned citizens like you made this possible with your steady support for worker freedom and the National Right to Work Committee.
I know you'll be there with us going forward as we continue to mobilize for worker freedom in other states and for roll-call votes in Congress on the National Right to Work Act.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
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I always had a sense that people in Indiana were level-headed. This proves it. They also have a pretty good governor in Mitch Daniels.
4 comments:
Next Gary will be telling us the good news that at long last Americans of African descent can enjoy the benefits of slavery, which have once again been restored to them thanks to the efforts of the Right to Work gangsters.
Siarlys,
I will go back and double check my facts. I must have missed the part about the workers not being paid for their labor or not being able to quit and find another job. I can't imagine how they left that out.
In the absence of a union, employers can tell employees almost anything, accompanied by "and if you don't like it, you can find yourself another job." Mark and his band of thugs are trying to make the world safe for wage slavery.
The principle is about the same. The specific form of domination is different. If you would celebrate one as a boon to the people on the short end of the stick, no doubt you would celebrate the other as well.
Daniels just lost any chance of winning my vote in 2016.
No Gary, are you so completely ignorant of American history? It was used freely by the Industrial Workers of the World, and way back when even by the AFL. It has a long pedigree.
When my great-grandfather was a member of the United Mine Workers of America (and a Republican), the union constitution excluded from membership anyone who was a member of the Nazi party, the Communist party, or the Chamber of Commerce.
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