Indiana Governor Daniels ready to sign right-to-work bill
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said on Monday he is ready this week to sign legislation to make Indiana the first state in a decade to enact a right-to-work law.
The state Senate is expected to take the final vote on Wednesday on the bill that prohibits labor contracts that require workers to pay union representation fees. The House approved the proposal last week, and Republicans on the Senate's labor committee voted 6-1 to advance it Monday.
The Senate committee's three Democrats boycotted the meeting in protest, saying there was no justification for rushing the bill through and objecting to a decision by committee Chairman Phil Boots, R-Crawfordsville, to not consider any changes to the proposal on Monday.
Republican Sen. Brent Waltz of Greenwood, who was among nine Republican senators to vote against the bill last week, was the single "no" vote in the committee on Monday. Waltz said believes the proposal could cost the state jobs and won't raise wages for Indiana workers, but that he expects it will clear the Senate for final approval.
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Perhaps this bill will result in a backlash and cause Indiana to turn deep blue for the foreseeable future?
I think yes.