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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 935253" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>bigblu 2 you;</p><p></p><p>Time will tell, I guess. One might note that Indiana seems to have a pretty good jump on things already. I got a kick this afternoon reading an article in which Illinois Governor Pat Quinn criticized Indiana and Mitchell for "RTW", saying that (and I'm paraphrasing here) Illinois was just as viable in creating and maintaining jobs - and the companies that supported them - without RTW legislation. Then he specifically went on to mention Caterpillar as an example. Then someone pointed out in the comments to the article that (1) Cat owned the unionized Electro-Motive plant in London, Ontario, and that (2) Cat has locked-out the employees of that plant, with requests for wage cuts, with the implied threat that the plant will be closed down if they're not met, and (3) Cat - anticipating RTW legislation - has recently opened a NON-union Electro-Motive plant to which it is transferring London, Ont production. The new plant is located in, of all places, Muncie, INDIANA.</p><p></p><p>In other responses to the same article, it was pointed out that it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine the plants of highly industrialized south Chicago move the VERY short distance (in some cases, less than a mile) to the RTW (and also industrialized) cities of NW Indiana....Hammond, for example, sits right on the state line. The companies could easily keep the same workforce; it's just that the workforce (potentially) would no longer be required to pay union dues.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the state of Indiana has (admittedly, fractionally) the lowest unemployment rate of the industrial Midwest (the "Rust Belt" states), is the state with the highest proportion of its population still employed in manufacturing IN THE NATION, and is one of the few states out there that has a budget SURPLUS.</p><p></p><p>Seen in that light, one can't help but believe that Indiana is "reaping the benefits" already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 935253, member: 16651"] bigblu 2 you; Time will tell, I guess. One might note that Indiana seems to have a pretty good jump on things already. I got a kick this afternoon reading an article in which Illinois Governor Pat Quinn criticized Indiana and Mitchell for "RTW", saying that (and I'm paraphrasing here) Illinois was just as viable in creating and maintaining jobs - and the companies that supported them - without RTW legislation. Then he specifically went on to mention Caterpillar as an example. Then someone pointed out in the comments to the article that (1) Cat owned the unionized Electro-Motive plant in London, Ontario, and that (2) Cat has locked-out the employees of that plant, with requests for wage cuts, with the implied threat that the plant will be closed down if they're not met, and (3) Cat - anticipating RTW legislation - has recently opened a NON-union Electro-Motive plant to which it is transferring London, Ont production. The new plant is located in, of all places, Muncie, INDIANA. In other responses to the same article, it was pointed out that it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine the plants of highly industrialized south Chicago move the VERY short distance (in some cases, less than a mile) to the RTW (and also industrialized) cities of NW Indiana....Hammond, for example, sits right on the state line. The companies could easily keep the same workforce; it's just that the workforce (potentially) would no longer be required to pay union dues. Meanwhile, the state of Indiana has (admittedly, fractionally) the lowest unemployment rate of the industrial Midwest (the "Rust Belt" states), is the state with the highest proportion of its population still employed in manufacturing IN THE NATION, and is one of the few states out there that has a budget SURPLUS. Seen in that light, one can't help but believe that Indiana is "reaping the benefits" already. [/QUOTE]
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