Indiana Senate approves 'right to work,' some Republicans vote no

[IamK]

The Indiana Senate voted 28-22 today to pass right-to-work legislation that’s bogged down the Statehouse this year.

The House considered amendments to the same legislation today and could vote later in the week.


Nine Republicans joined all 13 Democrats in the Senate to vote against the bill. They are Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, Richard Bray, R-Martinsville, Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso, Johnny Nugent, R-Lawrenceburg, Brent Steele, R-Bedford, Jim Tomes, R-Wadesville, Brandt Waltz, R-Greenwood and John Waterman, R-Shelburn.


http://www.indystar.com/article/20120123/NEWS05/120123055/Indiana-Senate-approves-right-work-some-Republicans-vote-no?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com

[IamK]

1. RTW

You will likely see RTW bills also in Ohio, Michigan & Pennsylvania in 2012. Likely elsewhere. Not sure where they will pass or not pass but it will cost unions tens of millions of dollars to fight them on top of the millions spent already in Wisconsin and Ohio in 2011.

[mike_c]

2. more correctly called...

...right to not work.

[gkagejr]

3. Join the Association of your choice and refuse to pay the fees!

How long do any of you think you would last if you lived in a neighborhood that had a Home Owners Association and refused to pay the association fees yet still enjoyed all the amenities that the association provided for the neighborhood?

Most HOA's have rules and regulations that support keeping the property values higher in their neighborhood than neighborhoods without HOA's. If I moved into your HOA neighborhood and refused to pay the HOA fees/dues but still let my kids swim in the HOA pool, play in the HOA park I'd be run out of the neighborhood on a rail.

Why is freeloading like that ok but letting a scab work in a union represented shop and enjoy all the amenities that the union provides for the workers and not pay dues/fees?

What would happen if we all demanded the benefits of the chamber of commerece yet refused to pay their fees/dues?

[24601]

4. Sen Bray's dad was a US Rep - the one who appointed me to the US Military Academy in 1972 n/t