Jan
2013 29
2013 29
Indiana, Already “Right-to-Work,” Seeks Enhanced Anti-Unionism with Resolution Blocking Card Check
Having already fomented a staunchly anti-union agenda by passing “Right-to-Work” legislation last year, Indiana Republicans now look to further the scope of their worker-suppressive activity by amending the state’s constitution to block federal laws surrounding union organizing elections. The Republican-controlled Senate...
Jan
2013 14
2013 14
What Has “Right-to-Work” Brought Indiana? Increased Union Solidarity and an Enhanced Value Proposition.
When the Michigan legislature began its new session last week union activists welcomed the lawmakers back to the capital in a “walk of shame” rally intended to remind them that their brazen anti-worker agenda during the lame duck session which yielded “Right-to-Work” would not be met with pacifism. Michigan lawmakers are...
Oct
2012 31
2012 31
Salvation Army Project, Built Under Project Labor Agreement, to Receive Award this Friday
The Salvation Army’s Kroc Center in South Bend, Indiana will be recognized by the Council for the Advancement of Labor-Management Relations (CALMR) at a luncheon on Friday for an innovative Project Labor Agreement (PLA) that governed construction of the state-of-the-art community center. A joint charitable effort between the Salvation Army...
May
2012 16
2012 16
IN Toll Road Privatization Backfiring as Daniels Departs, but OH Still Considering the Same Path
With Governor Mitch Daniels’ term ending in January, Indianans are looking to a fresh crop of candidates — Republican Mike Pence, Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham — to provide innovative answers for how to fund highway construction projects. Daniels’ privatization bug resulted in the lease of...
Apr
2012 13
2012 13
Hearing on New Union Challenge of Indiana’s “Right-to-Work” Law Scheduled for April 26
Using Citizens United vs. FEC as the basis of their defense, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 is challenging Indiana’s “Right-to-Work” (RTW) law in court. Their claim is that by depriving unions of dues, free speech is being limited. Lawyers for Local 150 said that RTW “impinges on this...
Apr
2012 6
2012 6
HERE WE GO AGAIN: Indiana Finds $206 Million More Mysterious Dollars It Didn’t Know It Had
In December we blogged about the outrage of an apparent programming error resulting in the discovery of $300 million that Indiana did not know it had. And now, the converse has happened as a result of yet another programming error. From WTHR-13: Indiana budget officials say $206 million communities could have spent on public safety, ...
Mar
2012 16
2012 16
Co. Daniels Claims Benefited from “Right-to-Work” Denies the Law Had Anything to Do With Expansion
File under “we’re not shocked.” It turns out the Indiana company being touted as having benefited from the state’s implementation of a “Right-to-Work” law denies that the law had anything to do with their recent expansion: MBC Group President Eric Holloway said Thursday that he always planned to expand his...
Feb
2012 24
2012 24
Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma Moonlighting as a Union-Busting Attorney?
Maybe I’m missing something here. Maybe Indiana law is structured so that glaring conflict of interest is well within the bounds of legality. Or maybe Brian Bosma, Indiana’s Speaker of the House for the GOP majority, is just this brazen. The Indiana-based law firm Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP has the following paragraph on its ...
Feb
2012 14
2012 14
Eight Indiana Republicans Targeted for May Primary by Republican Construction Workers’ Alliance
Quoting Ronald Regan in saying that, “Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost,” pro-labor Republicans have announced that they are taking on those who backed Indiana’s “Right-to-Work” bill in the upcoming May primary. The group, known as the Lunch Pail Republicans, believes that...
Feb
2012 9
2012 9
Convicted IN Secretary of State Says Governor Daniels Has Voted Illegally in 10 Straight Elections
It was a crazy weekend for Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White who was found guilty of six felonies by a jury on Saturday morning. That night, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels quickly named current Secretary of State Deputy Jerry Bonnet as a temporary replacement. Then, on Sunday, White took to the airwaves of Fox News ...
Jan
2012 20
2012 20
RIGHT-TO-FLIP: Video Surfaces of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Opposing “Right-to-Work”
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been selected to give the Republican rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address next Tuesday. Once viewed as a moderate Republican, Daniels has slanted to the Right in the past few years and is likely to speak about the hot-button issue currently being dealt with in his home ...
Jan
2012 10
2012 10
From “Right-to-Work” to Right and Wrong: Indianapolis Hotel Workers Sue Staffing Co. For Unpaid Overtime, Other Abuses
Hotel workers in Indianapolis are using the upcoming spotlight their city will receive as host of the Super Bowl to demand an end to their mistreatment by Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS), a subcontractor which employs many workers in the city’s top hotels. According to the lawsuit, HSS is not paying proper overtime, is forcing workers ...
