Governor Daniels Claims not being “Right to Work” cost Indiana the Chance to Compete for Volkswagen Plant that went to Chattanooga

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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels

Governor Mitch Daniels says he believes not being a right-to-work state may have cost Indiana the opportunity to compete for a significant economic deal. Daniels tells Inside INdiana Business a major automaker “wouldn’t return my calls” before ultimately deciding to build a new factory in another state. The governor says there are a lot of economic opportunities “you’ll never know about” because of the lack of a right-to-work law.

Daniels says Volkswagen of America Inc. did not consider Indiana before locating its factory in Tennessee.

The governor says Indiana has shown itself to be a fast-growing automotive state after being chosen for major expansions by American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (NYSE: HMC) and Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE TM).

Source: Inside INdiana Business

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    • We also missed out on Mercedes, BMW, Hyundai, and another Toyota plant. Whirlpool expanded in Chatanooga and locked the doors in Evansville. I see a connection.

  3. Every Southern state can beat Indiana like a drum when it comes to attracting manufacturing plants, simply because they have Right to Work laws and we don’t. Every year that we dither over Right to Work will cost us income and investment in industrial infrastructure.

  4. If RTW does not stop employees from unionizing or affect wages as the RTW proponents claim, I don’t get why an employer would care. The employers do not pay the union dues, so why would they care that their employees are forced to join a union and pay dues? They wouldn’t care unless RTW makes it harder for employees to unionize and therefor the choice of whether or not they want to join the union and pay dues make an area more attractive?

  5. Wow. Something got screwed up above. Let me try again…

    If RTW does not stop employees from unionizing or affect wages as the RTW proponents claim, I don’t get why an employer would care. The employers do not pay the union dues, so why would they care that their employees are forced to join a union and pay dues? They wouldn’t care unless RTW makes it harder for employees to unionize and therefore allows lower wages to be paid. I don’t understand how allowing employees the choice of whether or not they want to join they union and pay dues make an area more attractive?

  6. a friend who belongs to the Chamber of Commerce wrote them a letter and asked to retain all the benefits of his membership without paying his dues this year. They responded that it wouldn’t be fair to the other members to allow that to happen. Right to Work is the same thing. If you want the benefits of being in a Union you should be prepared to pay your dues.

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