| Brothers and Sisters, | I'll Be There! | | Thursday
Begin arriving at the Statehouse at 11:00 a.m. Session begins at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Friday
Doors to the Statehouse open to the public at 7:30 a.m. The join hearing on "right to work" begins at 9:00 a.m. We encourage you to get there early to ensure you can enter the building and that you are allowed to testify. | Despite the threats of being locked out, more than 7,000 working Hoosiers came to Indianapolis today to talk to their state legislators about the ill effects of the "right to work for less" bill. With lines wrapping around the Capitol, and thousands waiting to get in, at 10:45 a.m Governor Daniels finally bowed to public pressure and rescinded the 3,000 visitor cap and the other unecessary restrictions on free speech. The Statehouse can once again be considered the people's house.
 Meanwhile, inside the Statehouse Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma and Senate President Pro Tem David Long continued to push for passage of the so-called "right to work" bill before the public's allowed to comment. Before the bill became public, a unprecedented joint hearing of the House and Senate Labor Committee has been set for 9:00 a.m Friday. As lawmakers scrambled to read the bill and assess its content House Democrats caucused and held a press conference to call for public hearings around the state on the legislation . House Democrat Leader Pat Bauer pledged not to return to the House floor until the public has had a chance to weigh in on the contraversional bill. To view videos, news articles or comments from today at the Statehouse, click here. On Thursday, the Indiana State AFL-CIO is again asking all working men and women who are available to come to the Indiana Statehouse beginning at 11:00 a.m. to talk with their legislators. And, on Friday, we are encouraging all interested parties to come to the Statehouse to testify at the joint Senate/House hearing on "right to work" which begins at 9:00 a.m. As we learn details of the hearing we will let you know. Thursday at the Statehouse: As you enter the building, please proceed to the Rotunda on the main floor of the Statehouse (2nd Floor) where volunteers will be wearing yellow vests to provide assistance and materials for the day. 1. Check in. Please check in at the Rotunda as you arrive at the Statehouse. Here you will be able to get legislators phone numbers, and materials for the day. 2. Lobby. We are at the Statehouse to talk to legislators about the "right to work" bill, not rally - so please make every effort to contact your legislators to have a discussion. In addition to calling their offices, we encourage you to email them and send in notes to the legislative chambers when they are on the floors of their respective chambers. If you are unsure who represents you click here to look them up. 3. Demand Public Hearings. Call Speaker Brian Bosma at 317-232-9657 or Senate President David Long at 317-232-9416 and ask them to hold public hearings around the State to allow full public input into this legislation. 4.Use Social Media to help spread our Message. For those of you with smart phones, we urge you to tweet (using the hashtag #inunion) as often as possible about what you are seeing and feeling. We also urge you to post items to your personal Facebook page and on the Stand up for Hoosiers Facebook page. We must let the world know that Hoosiers are being locked out of their Statehouse while lobbyists get free-rein.
As we learn more information about the upcoming schedule, we will pass it along. Thanks to all those who helped take back the people's house today - and please continue to write, email, call and visit your legislators to talk to them about why "right to work" is wrong for Indiana! |