WIN: Lunchpail Republicans say "right-to-work" fails to create jobs

Indiana’s Lunch Pail Republicans say not a single job has been created by Indiana’s so-called ‘Right To Work’ law. 

Lunchpail Republican Chairman David Fagan is president of the Indiana International Union of Operating Engineers.

He spent many years as a Republican precinct committeeman. Fagan says the anti-union legislation pushed into law by Indiana Republicans has brought no benefit whatsoever to Indiana. 

Fagan says with the law weakening unions Republicans turned their backs on the middle class, small business. Lunchpail Republicans are fighting to take back the Republican Party for “ordinary working Republicans”. 

The group says they’ve been disenfranchised by the abandonment of traditional Republican ideals. Lunchpail Republicans started in Indiana and has spread to Illinois.

Right to work laws have rarely helped workers. The intent is to weaken unions because it allows worker ot opt out of paying union dues.  

Some Republican governors have even signed laws into effect that prohibit unions to take automatic deductions from paychecks. 

The courts have not been impressed with such discriminatory anti-union laws. 

Of course, when Democratic governors are elected, Rightardia is not aware of any Dem govs who have repealed right to  work laws. 

This is because many Democrats are centrist where as the GOP has become increasingly ideological. 

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HK Cartoons: The Right to Work states

The term "right to work" is a misnomer. It is really a law that allows scabs to defer paying union dues in a business there is union representation..

RTW laws are designed to weaken unions and the Democratic Party. These laws due little for workers who have organized.

Of course, the union has to represent the scabs who don't pay dues and these workers are often the first to run to union stewards when  their bosses treat them unfairly.

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WIN: Indiana's Governor Plays Loose With "right to work" facts

1/19/2012

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Indiana's governor needs a fact checker as he spins the truth about anti-union so-called 'Right To Work' laws. Jesse Russell checks the governor on that spin.

[Daniels1] I ask you to remove this obstacle and make Indiana the 23rd Right-to-Work state.

That was Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels pushing that states controversial right-to-work legislation during his state-of-the-state address. During his speech Daniels quoted a number of statistics that should be looked at under a magnifying glass. He stated that the right-to-work states are:

[Daniels]: They’re adding jobs faster, growing worker income faster, and enjoying lower unemployment rates than those of us without such a law.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, available on the Internet at bls.gov, seven right-to-work states have higher unemployment rates than Indiana with five being within one percentage point of Indiana. The seven with higher unemployment rates includes Nevada which has the worst unemployment rate in the country. As for the claim of workers income growing faster in right-to-work states that was proven false by the Economic Policy Institute, “Wages in right-to-work states are 3.2% lower than those in non-RTW states.” Companies in right-to-work states are also less likely to offer employer-sponsored health insurance and pensions. 

The new position from Daniels is in stark contrast to comments he made in 2006 when he told Teamsters he opposed Right-to-Work.

[Daniels3]: I’m a supporter of the labor laws we have in Indiana. I’m not interested in changing any of ‘em. Not a prevailing wage law and, certainly, not a right-to-work law.

Indiana's governor,Mitch Daniels, needs a fact checker as he spins the truth about anti-union so-called 'Right To Work' laws. Jesse Russell checks the governor on that spin. Daniels said:

 I ask you to remove this obstacle and make Indiana the 23rd Right-to-Work state.

That was Daniels pushing that states controversial right-to-work legislation during his state-of-the-state address. During his speech Daniels quoted a number of statistics that should be looked at under a magnifying glass. Daniels stated that the right-to-work states are:

They’re adding jobs faster, growing worker income faster, and enjoying lower unemployment rates than those of us without such a law.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, available on the Internet at bls.gov, seven right-to-work states have higher unemployment rates than Indiana with five being within one percentage point of Indiana. 

The seven with higher unemployment rates includes Nevada which has the worst unemployment rate in the country. 

As for the claim of workers income growing faster in right-to-work states that was proven false by the Economic Policy Institute:

Wages in right-to-work states are 3.2% lower than those in non-RTW states. Companies in right-to-work states are also less likely to offer employer-sponsored health insurance and pensions.

The new position from Daniels is in stark contrast to comments he made in 2006 when he told Teamsters he opposed Right-to-Work.

I’m a supporter of the labor laws we have in Indiana. I’m not interested in changing any of ‘em. Not a prevailing wage law and, certainly, not a right-to-work law.

Right to work laws cut union dues which weakens unions and the Democratic Party that receives political contributions from unions.


Right to work laws make union dues optional. Some other states are passing even more extreme measures which forbid corporations from collecting union dues as payroll deductions.. 

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WIN: All "right to work" laws do is lower wages

1/12/2012

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The New Year is off to an old start – workers rallying at staehouses to defend their rights. Jesse Russell has more.

2012 is starting off much like 2011 with images of concerned citizens filling state houses. This year, instead of the images starting in Wisconsin, they’re starting in Indiana where workers are opposing a Republican plan to turn that state into a so-called “right-to-work” state. The legislation would ban businesses and unions from writing contracts that would require employees to pay dues to the unions that represent them. Last week members of the NFL Players Association challenged legislators to vote against the legislation and this week saw Oklahomans standing with their Indiana counterparts detailing how right-to-work has had a negative impact on their state. Jesse Isbell is an Oklahoma worker:

[Isbell]: "There is no anecdotal or empirical evidence that right-to-work has benefited Oklahoma’s state economy in anyway. The truth is it has driven down wages."

Oklahoma was the 22nd state to pass the legislation. Since that legislation has passed manufacturing jobs continue to move to Mexico and overseas. The most recent company to pack up was Bridgestone Tire where Isbell was an employee of 36 years.

The New Year is off to an old start – workers rallying at staehouses to defend their rights. Jesse Russell has more.

2012 is starting off much like 2011 with images of concerned citizens filling state houses. This year, instead of the images starting in Wisconsin, they’re starting in Indiana where workers are opposing a Republican plan to turn that state into a so-called “right-to-work” state.

The legislation would ban businesses and unions from writing contracts that would require employees to pay dues to the unions that represent them.

Last week members of the NFL Players Association challenged legislators to vote against the legislation and this week saw Oklahomans standing with their Indiana counterparts detailing how right-to-work has had a negative impact on their  state. Jesse Isbell is an Oklahoma worker who said:

There is no anecdotal or empirical evidence that right-to-work has benefited Oklahoma’s state economy in anyway. The truth is it has driven down wages.

Oklahoma was the 22nd state to pass the legislation. Since that legislation has passed manufacturing jobs continue to move to Mexico and overseas. The most recent company to pack up was Bridgestone Tire where Isbell was an employee of 36 years.

The term"right to work" is misnomer because these laws give workers no inherent right to find work. In the past, the "right to work'  laws made paying union dues optional.

Now the GOP is trying to trying to ban the collection of union dues form payroll deductions. The intent is not only to weaken unions , but also to weaken the fund raising of the Democratic party which relies on union contributions.

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Bulldog23: Union buster

This is another attempt to lower the standard of living for the working class. Hitler threw out the trade unions in 1933 so make no mistake on what this is about.

If these right-wing nut jobs get this bill passed, everybody's wages will go down.

The purpose of the so-called "right to work" laws is to weaken unions by making union membership and dues optional.

Wirehead was a member of the Communication Worker of America (CWA) and the local union had to represent quite a few right to work scabs when they were mistreated by management.

Right to work laws give many scab employees "something for nothing."

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