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...
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...
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...
Jan
2012 6
2012 6
NFL Players Association Issues Statement Opposing “Right-to-Work” in Indiana
2011 was a year in which professional football players took increasingly visible political positions. From the Green Bay Packers writing a letter opposing the policies of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to multiple players reacting publicly to the death of Osama Bin Laden, NFL players have used multiple media outlets to show they are aware of ...
Jan
2012 5
2012 5
“People who leave Indiana primarily move to non-Right-to-Work states.”
There is an old saying that there are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. When people start with an ideology and then find the stats to back up their argument, we end up with situations like we currently have in Indiana where the small percentage of people who want the state to ...
Jan
2012 4
2012 4
SUGGESTION: Use the #p2IN Hashtag When Tweeting About “Right-to-Work” in Indiana
Indiana’s Right-to-Work battle came as quick as Republicanly possible and We Party Patriots would like to make a suggestion with respect to hashtags on Twitter. There has not been any kind of consensus, either bottom-up or top-down, on what tag to use for what will be a long fight. It is imperative that something becomes ...
Dec
2011 28
2011 28
Indiana Republican Breaks Ranks, Pens Letter Opposing “Right-to-Work”
Indiana has seen the GOP’s “Right-to-Work” agenda forced on them several times without success. But the vampire-like issue seemingly cannot die as those who align themselves the farthest to the Right in the statehouse continue to try to push this middle class killing concept down the Hoosier State’s throat. Indiana...
Dec
2011 6
2011 6
Notre Dame Profs Dismantle Indiana Study Committee’s “Report” in Favor of Right-to-Work
The Indiana legislature’s 2011 Interim Study Committee on Employment Issues recently issued its final report on the issue of “Right-to-Work” and two professors from the University of Notre Dame, Barbara Fick and Marty Wolfson, took issue with it in the South Bend Tribune. In their opinion piece, ‘Right to work’ law...
Nov
2011 29
2011 29
Indiana Dem: Party Members “Don’t Want To Get All Into This Issue of Right-to-Work”
Steve Bucko is an operating engineer with IUOE Local 150, District 7. His letter, below, was sent to Representative Charlie Brown and posted to Bucko’s Facebook wall with the goal of exposing Brown’s willingness to put a “political fanny grabbing popularity contest” over the protection of Indiana’s workforce. ****...
Nov
2011 18
2011 18
Before You Talk Turkey, Talk Truth: Indiana Holding Pre-Holiday Rally Against Right-to-Work
When the Indiana Legislature’s Interim Study Committee on Employment voted 5-4 along party lines to advance a so-called “Right-to-Work” law through the state House and Senate, it guaranteed that the Hoosier state would be in for a tumultuous 2012. One of the first rallies opposing “Right-to-Work” will be held next...
