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| IBT VP Brian Buhle, Local 716 President Jim Cahill (also a candidate for state Senate), Gregg, JC69 President Danny Barton. |
Indiana would take a big step toward repealing right-to-work-for-less if John Gregg wins the election for governor this November. His opponent, Mike Pence, could even be more anti-worker than the current governor, Mitch Daniels. You'll recall Daniels told the Teamsters he opposed right-to-work-for-less (on videotape), then turned around and signed it into law earlier this year.
Our Hoosier brothers and sisters are working hard for Gregg (they've even painted his name on their truck). They're also supporting Teamster candidates for state representative and Senate. Brad Thompson, president of Local 1070, and Jim Cahill, president of Local 716, are running for state senate. Jerod Warnock, business agent for Local 135 in Indianapolis, is running for state representative (brother Bob is president of Local 364 in South Bend). They're part of a tsunami of union candidates in Indiana who intend to repeal right-to-work-for-less once again.
Anyhoo, we just got some good news about the Gregg campaign, which we thought we'd share with you. From Politico:
For a moment, Pence showed a glimpse of the ideologue Democrats hoped to frame him as. Pence’s likening of the Supreme Court’s health care ruling to the Sept. 11 attacks — first reported by POLITICO — gained some traction in the Hoosier State. (He quickly apologized.)
Meanwhile, Gregg tripled his fundraising pace this quarter, making up ground in the money scramble against the prodigious Pence. The former state speaker actually matched Pence in donations, not accounting for funds linked to the RGA. And a $1 million check from an RGA super PAC to Pence is attracting heavy scrutiny because of the fine line between state and federal campaign finance laws.
Who won July: Gregg
