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    Indiana: Judge blocks right-to-work fines

    By TOM LoBIANCO | Associated Press – Tue, Feb 7, 2012

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Marion County judge ordered Indiana House Republicans to return fines levied against House Democrats in the right-to-work battle last year and blocked $1,000-a-day fines levied this year.

    Marion County Superior Court Judge David Dreyer ordered Monday that the fines against the Democrats who walked out be returned. Dreyer also issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts collection of $1,000-a-day fines levied in this year's boycotts.

    Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Monday that the state will ask the Indiana Supreme Court to review the decision. The state's highest court agreed last month to review the underlying issue of whether the legislature can fine lawmakers and force the state's auditor to withhold those fines from paychecks.

    "We disagree with the trial court's prolonging this internal dispute and the precedent it would establish, and we will respectfully ask a higher court to redirect the dispute promptly and conclusively to the place it belongs: the Legislature," Zoeller said in a statement.

    Mark GiaQuinta, a lawyer for the House Democrats, said Dreyer's orders reinforce the Democrats' argument: House Republicans cannot arbitrarily order the state to withhold money from lawmakers. The 31 House Democrats who signed onto the lawsuit filed by Rep. Bill Crawford, D-Indianapolis, should all see their money returned, GiaQuinta said.

    House Democrats boycotted the House for eight days this session and five weeks last session in an effort to block right-to-work legislation. The move had denied Republicans the number of members needed to conduct any business and also spurred Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma to levy fines against Democrats who walked out.

    Last week, Gov. Mitch Daniels made Indiana the 23rd state to ban unions from collecting mandatory fees for representation when he signed the right-to-work legislation.

     

    46 comments

    • TonyM
      TonyM  •  Southfield, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      The people who post on here are clueless. Keep giving up your rights and believe the hogwash they sell and see where you end up. Its called karma, and you are asking it to smack you in the face. It will eventually oblige.
      • Jeff
        Jeff 3 mths ago
        Yep! Giving up the right to NOT join a union is a very bad thing. Thank God republicans are restoring the right to decide whether to join a union or not!
      • Freck
        Freck 3 mths ago
        right to work does more than give workers a chioce, it also gives the employer a way, through threats and intimidation,not to join. they will give better work assinments to the non union workers and the union workers will be the first to be laid off. they got a choice to join or not, but the employer has a gun to there head while there making it.
      • Freck
        Freck 3 mths ago
        republicans have never done anything to help the working class before so why would they now. why do you think all these big bisiness groups are for this law?because it gives the employer a way to increase there profits at the expense of there employees, plane and simple.
    • wettwilly
      wettwilly  •  Newhall, California  •  3 mths ago
      umm if i dont show up for work i dont get paid, why should the democrats get paid for not working?
      • Bob
        Bob 3 mths ago
        By leaving they were working for the people who voted for them.
    • fedupwithitall
      fedupwithitall  •  3 mths ago
      This is the thing people that you don't understand. In a free market system, you have all the power. You can refuse to purchase goods made in China. You can refuse to purchase iPhones, etc. But you won't. You don't need unions ordering you to pay huge fees so their fat cats can live a life of luxury and buy political power. You just need to refuse to purchase items made in China. We don't need unions to have a middle class. If unions just negotiated wages and working conditions, it wouldn't be so bad, but they negotiate things like you can't fire people who suck, etc., and have ended up causing more trouble than they are worth. People have jobs in right to work states and you union thugs are acting like without unions no one would have a decent job or paycheck and that is just a liberal lie. Just stop giving China your money. It is like the price of tickets to sporting events. You have the power not to purchase them and the prices would go down. But again you don't ever want to deny yourself anything and there ya go!
      • Mike
        Mike 3 mths ago
        This is what really happens when the Right to Work takes affect: The non dues paying workers are offered more money. The bargaining workers drop the union affiliation to get that same raise. The union then becomes decertified. The remaining workers then start getting laid off being replaced by people who make half of what the wages used to be. Now the owners of these companies are making even more millions per year. The workers have to work even more hours (now no time and a half pay) to just buy groceries. This is happening right now doofus. Pay attention. NO MIDDLECLASS!!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Farmington, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      If I didn't show up to work for 5 weeks I would not worry about a fine, I would NOT HAVE A JOB.
    • nofunhere
      nofunhere  •  3 mths ago
      don't see the point of a fine but why not try to get them fired in an election
      • t t
        t t 3 mths ago
        they were simply trying to get the Dem's back to the house camber for votes on bills . Poor tactic imo to go "WaWa" and walk out on your job as a legislator.
      • edward
        edward 3 mths ago
        walking was the only way to try to stop these idiots from eliminating the middle class. Say thankyou give them a raise
      • KEH
        KEH 3 mths ago
        Thats funny ed. I know alot of middle class peopel who have never been in a union. They still have jobs and make well over 20 an hour plus benifits. They spent thier time learning a trade skill. ya they didnt need to go to college to learn liberal arts and gain nothing .
    • DreadLord
      DreadLord  •  Fort Wayne, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Abitrarily (?) order the state to withold money from state lawmakers? What a bunch of bunk! The dems walked out, abandoned their posts, were derelict in their duty to serve the people! Even if whats happening is questionable, you don't walk out on your job. Anyone/anywhere else would be fired on the spot!
      • edward
        edward 3 mths ago
        derilict my butt they did the only thing they could do to stop the ruination of the middle class.
      • G maw
        G maw 3 mths ago
        The Democrats have done what to help the middle class??
      • DreadLord
        DreadLord 3 mths ago
        G Maw:
        I'm middle class, NON UNION, and the dems were Voted out of the majority By The People. YOU WALK OUT ON YOUR JOB, YOU GET FIRED!!!
    • Joker
      Joker  •  Birmingham, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      No work no pay, if only they could be fired like regular folks for not showing up for work.
    • j
      j  •  3 mths ago
      How dare someone have pay withheld for NOT showing up to work and doing their jobs.
    • The Summer of George
      The Summer of George  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Hmmm, funny, if I walk off my job and refuse to work I'm pretty sure they wouldn't pay me...why do the dems think they should be paid?
    • Zaraki
      Zaraki  •  Fort Wayne, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      I have to live in this state, nothing ever gets done, but hey, they got the Superbowl right...
    • Daniel
      Daniel  •  3 mths ago
      Obama wants to withhold and remove money from the tax payers for his healthcare reform. He intends on using the IRS. So what is the difference? Are the democrats saying they are exempt for what their state congress says yet the tax payer is not exempt from Obama?
    • Hope
      Hope  •  3 mths ago
      Between Wisconsin & Indiana, it's quite clear that if Dems are in control, everyone must comply. But when Dems aren't, it's time to spend billions to fight Republican decisions with judges paid for by Dems and with unions paid for by Dems....and screw the citizens who VOTED these people to address the state's problems. So tell me, who are the extremists and obstructionists?
    • Vanities
      Vanities  •  3 mths ago
      Still getting paid and having no consequences for not showing up to work? Sounds like the House Democrats have a typical union.
    • Greg A
      Greg A  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      So they were elected to represent there districts, They got mad and refused to go the statehouse per the wishes of the voters and now a judge says that's ok. Oh wait, this judge has received appointments in the past from Evan Bayh, so what's that tell you.
    • Joe
      Joe  •  Fayetteville, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      What's the one thing that Democrats and unions have in common? They don't want to work, but they want to get paid...
    • time to sign up
      time to sign up  •  3 mths ago
      Meanwhile the Democrats and their union allies have it written into law that union members can take time off from work,weeks or months at a time, to campaing for unions and still get paid their normal government salaries. Is that sick or what.
    • Udahman62
      Udahman62  •  Green Bay, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      Actually it won't matter when the Indiana constituants vote OUT those rascals who saw fit to ignore their feduciary responsibilities ot the voting public
    • Joe
      Joe  •  3 mths ago
      Where do they find these judges? They need to lose their jobs. It's not about their views or how they feel about things. It's about the law.
    • phil
      phil  •  3 mths ago
      they shouldn't fined the should be fired... bunch of losers skewing the system
    • Justin
      Justin  •  3 mths ago
      We can't allow political ideology to corrupt the judgement of our court officials. The people must demand that they be giving more power to remove such judges from the bench. New laws and procedures must be put into place for public review of judges and the people must be allowed to do no-confidence votes in judges, votes which would immediately remove them from office. These scumbags should not be appointed serving more than 2 years at a time anyway.
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