LATEST DANIELS COMMERCIAL DECEPTIVE
PORTRAYS SUPERVISOR AS "UNION WORKER" TO
PROMOTE ANTI-LABOR LAW
Governor Daniels is continuing his attacks on collective bargaining rights of Hoosier workers with another ad funded by secret donors. This latest television commercial attacking working families and promoting false claims about "Right to Work for Less" features an employee of a company that is supporting Right to Work for Less and is a contributor to Gov. Daniels and other Republicans. The ad was paid for by the Indiana Opportunity Fund, whose funders have not been disclosed, which also begs the question.. is this same company also paying for the ads?
DANIELS’ ADS RELY ON FUZZY MATH, MISLEADING CLAIMS
As Governor Daniels prepares for his
final State of the State address this evening, it’s time for a
reality check on Indiana’s chief executive. In his TV ads pushing
for the so called the “Right to Work” law, which are being paid
for by secret donors that he refuses to name, and in speeches and
interviews, the governor is continuing to peddle unsubstantiated
claims and fuzzy math to try to make his point.
Study after study,
including one that came out earlier this week from
the University of Notre Dame, prove that
this proposal lowers wages and living standards for working
people, and actually has a
net negative economic impact
on the states that have passed it.
Regardless of what Governor Daniels says on TV or in tonight’s State of the State address about this legislation, here are the facts:
THE FACTS:
- Employer surveys show RTW is not important to employers’ decisions about where to locate – especially for higher-tech, higher-wage manufacturers. When asked, state officials have admitted that they are unable to produce documentation such as names of companies or anonymous survey data supporting the claim that the state is losing one-third of prospective business deals because the state lacks RTW. In the last two years Indiana has added twice as many manufacturing jobs as all the midwest RTW states combined. (IA, SD, ND, NE, KS)
- The last state to adopt RTW -- Oklahoma (in 2001) -- has seen the number of manufacturing jobs in its state, and the number of new companies coming in to the state, both fall by one-third in the decade since they adopted RTW. They made the same claims as Gov Daniels is now making -- but in reality those claims proved totally false
- Economic Policy Institute research finds that RTW laws do not boost employment growth, may actually harm a state’s economic prospects, and can lower wages
- RTW will cut wages and benefits in Indiana without bringing in new jobs. Maybe that's why a majority of people in the state told pollsters they oppose the policy.
The truth is, hardworking Hoosier families need real solutions to the job crisis, not more of the same old politics. Gov. Daniels should put an end to his misleading, partisan attacks and instead bring people of both sides together to create quality jobs and put people back to work.
The Statehouse can once again be considered the people's house.
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