Democrats return to House; Republicans hope to debate right-to-work bill
Indiana House Democratic Leader Patrick Bauer announced Friday that House Democrats would be willing to return to the Indiana Statehouse at "high noon" Monday.
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Indiana House Democratic Leader Patrick Bauer announced Friday that House Democrats would be willing to return to the Indiana Statehouse at “high noon” Monday.
Lawmakers who fail to show could face another $1,000 fine, making it the third day they were issued the fines. However, a Marion County judge issued an injunction Thursday, temporarily blocking the fines.
Meanwhile, many union members gathered outside the Indiana Statehouse, as well as House Speak Brian Bosma’s home, to protest the right-to-work legislation.
Democrats said they spent the weekend telling Hoosiers about their efforts for a statewide referendum on right-to-work. They said they want residents to decide on the legislation since it was not brought up during the election season.
Republicans have proposed the right-to-work legislation, which would not require workers at union-represented workplaces to pay union dues. Supporters of the bill said it would bring more jobs to Indiana.
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Add / View comments | Discussion FAQAlot of Indiana has never experienced issues that truly do occur with the Right to Work Law. I came from a Right To Work state (South Carolina). At Mack Trucks we had a girl in the first wave of training who was injured in a car accident. She was in a coma. While she was clinging to life, the company called her parents in to talk. They wanted to cancel her insurance, effectively pulling the plug. I, myself, while working at M**k Trucks was concerned about the safety of an overhead crane in which bolts were loose. The company didn't care until I started handing them the bolts off of the floor. It could have been catostrohic.
The company kept telling us that we had a choice, all the while the company was choosing to compromise our safety, benefits and equal enforcement of company policy. If w do not learn from history we will be forced to repeat it!!! Remeber: The Right To Work is really The Right To Work For Less!