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WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER
"VOTE THEM OUT!!!!!!!"
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012
Media Contact: Jeff Harris, Indiana State AFL-CIO, 317.632.9147
INDIANA AFL-CIO
PRESIDENT REACTS TO PASSAGE
OF RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS BILL
Guyott says RTW law worst in a generation; laments negative
impacts on working families
INDIANAPOLIS – Following today’s passage of the so-called “right
to work” law, Indiana State AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott issued
the following statement:
“On behalf of all working men and women across Indiana, we are
extremely disappointed that the Indiana General Assembly has
passed the “right to work for less” bill today. They have set our
state upon a path that will lead to lower wages for all working
Hoosiers, less safety at work, and less dignity and security in
old age or ill health. Indiana’s elected officials have given the
wrong answer to the most important question of this generation.
I am reminded of the saying "those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it," and it seems especially fitting
today. Hoosiers have been here before. From 1957 to 1965, Indiana
experimented with this exact same law and after its utter failure
to produce on any of its promises of economic salvation Hoosiers
rose up, changed elected officials and repealed it.
It appears we are headed there again.
Sadly, the passage of this bill not only means that workers’
rights and ability to collectively bargain will be significantly
weakened, it means that strong arm tactics, misinformation and
big money have won at the Indiana Statehouse. Citizens who stood
against this legislation were barred from entering the
Statehouse, were denied the chance to testify before the
committees considering it and were refused meetings with their
own legislators. Independent, fact-based assessments of the
economic impact on this legislation were dismissed in favor of
stories, promises and unsubstantiated claims by out-of-state
special interest groups. And Indiana’s legislative traditions
were dishonored as those in power rammed through this bill at
reckless speed to avoid further public scrutiny and to please
their corporate paymasters.
However their victory will be as short lived, as this legislation
is shortsighted. As working men and women did in the 1950s and
60s, this generation of Hoosiers will now rise up, join forces
and repeal this anti-worker agenda again.
In 2006 Governor Daniels predicted a “civil war” if this
legislation was brought forth – yet, on his way out of office, he
launched this divisive attack anyway. But he was wrong; this is
not a battle of brother against brother. It is a battle of
Hoosier neighbors against corporate special interests from fields
afar. And while it is not a war of our choosing, over the days
ahead, citizen by citizen, block by block, community by
community, legislative seat by legislative seat we will wage this
“war” to take back our government from the special interests and
restore the hard-earned rights of all Hoosier workers.”
The Indiana State AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations) is a federation of 800
local unions across the state belonging to 50 International
Unions. In total, the Indiana State AFL-CIO represents more than
300,000 working Hoosiers.
For more information on please visit
www.inaflcio.org or call 1-800-433-8423.
update 2/2/2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana House Democratic Leader B. Patrick Bauer of South Bend issued the following statement today after passage of legislation (House Enrolled Act 1001) bringing “right to work for less” to Indiana:
“There is no cause to celebrate today’s events. The joy that has been expressed is a disgrace.
“I am sure there will be great pleasure in the boardrooms of Indiana’s largest corporations at the Republican decision to make ‘right to work for less’ the law of the land in this state.
“They are about to see their profits swell. No longer will they have to worry about paying decent wages, providing just benefits, or even whether or not their places of business are safe.
“All of this comes at the expense of Indiana workers: our state’s single greatest economic development asset.
“Indiana now begins its flight to the bottom in jobs, wages, and workplace safety. Our competition now will be Nevada in job losses, Mississippi in low pay, and China in worker injuries and deaths.
“When the extent of this disaster becomes clear in the years to come, the governor who authored it will be safely out of office, without fear of retribution from the voters of this state. He has delivered to his corporate bosses, and that is all he cared about.
“But there will be accountability demanded from those in the Indiana General Assembly who helped the governor deliver on his promise.
“Indiana House Democrats will continue to make it clear who caused this mess when the unemployment numbers stay high, and Hoosiers keep earning less than workers in other states.
“When this policy doesn’t work, we will demand that it be abolished. We will make sure that the Republican leaders live up to their promises to get rid of ‘right to work for less’ when it does not work. Somehow, I think they will prefer to have short memories, but we will continue to remind them.”
[The governor signed HEA 1001 into law just before 3 p.m. (EST) today (Wed., Feb. 1, 2012).]
Please let me hear your opinion about this issue.
You may reach me by calling the toll-free Statehouse telephone number of 1-800-382-9842; writing to at the Indiana House of Representatives, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204; or emailing me at h6@in.gov.
Thank you for your continuing interest in issues of concern to the citizens of our state.
State
Representative B. Patrick Bauer
Indiana House District 6
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