Right to work should jeopardize Super Bowl
Gov. Mitch Daniels should have done his homework regarding the consequences occurring in states that recently adopted right-to-work laws. For instance, union and non-union workers in right-to-work states make $1,500 less a year than in states that do not have a right-to-work law.
States that have a right-to-work law have a higher unemployment rate. And the rate of job losses increased after this law was adopted.
In right-to-work states worker safety is on a decline, along with blue-collar workers being able to get health insurance from the companies that they work for because their bargaining rights have basically been stripped.
If they truly think the people of this state deserve and want it, why not put it on the ballot in November and let the people this law will actually affect vote on it?
Lastly, the NFL Players Union has stated that they are standing behind the hard-working men and women of this state. Later in that same statement, they stated exactly what this right-to-work law is: Politically motivated to strip Indiana workers of their rights. If I were an NFL player, I would refuse to play the Super Bowl in a state that is attacking the rights of hard-working men and women.
LORI McBRIDE Fort Wayne
Right-to-work sessions are a union front
We deserve the right to work for any company and not be forced to join a union or any other organization. That is a right we should all enjoy by living in a free nation. Men and women have sacrificed their lives for this right.
Don’t be fooled by our media. These meetings that are being held throughout our area are organized by unions and are to foster support for a possible vote to protect union control and force all of us to pay dues which go to support political campaigns and not necessarily workers’ needs.
These meetings are full of union supporters. Legislators are given a token invite to attend. The media then show us coverage of a huge support of the union position. The media do not explain how these meetings were set up in the first place and who is hosting them.
Protect our rights. We should never be forced to join any organization.
WAYNE BARTLETT Fort Wayne
The latest example of deceptive labeling?
I enjoyed Tracy Warner’s well-researched piece “Message in a battle” in the Jan. 15 Journal Gazette. Your quote from Raymond Scheele – “Labels are very important both in marketing and politics” – is absolutely correct. I suspect it was mere oversight on your part that you didn’t mention the most blatant example in history: President Obama’s “Affordable Health Care for America Act.”
BRUCE CYNAR Leo-Cedarville
Article on DJ was worthy of tabloid
The recent article concerning Billy Elvis (“Local disc jockey facing two counts,” Jan. 5) was some of the poorest journalism I have yet to see from the Fort Wayne newspapers.
I have had the opportunity to meet Billy Elvis on several occasions. He is a responsible, considerate, upstanding man who is extremely thoughtful of others. He is selfless in his involvement with charity. He hosts numerous benefits and fundraisers, including raising money for returning soldiers and children with cancer.
What exactly was the purpose of this article? Was it necessary to share every minute detail? The Journal Gazette must be extremely desperate for newsworthy articles. Shame on you for incompetent, haphazard journalism which is as irresponsible as the Star or Enquirer.
THERESA LAZOFF Fort Wayne
