Northern Indiana Area Labor Federation

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Candidate Questionnaire

NAME *

What office are you running for? *

Address *

County *

Phone Number *

Email Address *

Campaign Website

Party *

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Independent

Green Party

Libertarian Party

Other

1. Are you currently or have you ever been a member of a labor union? If so which labor union? *

2. Have you previously been elected to office? If so which office? *

3. Do you support the right of working people to unionize and engage in collective bargaining? *

Yes

4. In the above question, do you make a distinction between private sector and public sector workers? *

Yes

5. If yes to Question #3, do you support the right of workers to organize unions in a process entirely independent of the employer and free from management interference? *

Yes

6. What are your views on the privatization of jobs that are presently done by government employees? *

7. What should be the county government's role in the availability and affordability of quality childcare? *

8. What do you think should be county government's role in economic development? *

9. What is your criteria for granting tax abatements? *

10. Are you willing to tie the payment of a living wage, full time work, and employer provided health care as a condition to granting tax incentives to business? *

Yes

11. Are you in favor of tax abatement documentation being verified? *

12. Would you be willing to remove an attorney for county or city government if they refuse to uphold a responsible bidder ordinance? *

Yes

13. Do you support so called "right-to-work" laws? *

Yes

14. Would you support a requirement for contractors meet minimum criteria defining a "responsible contractor" in order to be considered for county contracts? Criteria could include past performance, having proper insurance coverage, adherence to safety and labor laws, and other employee standards. *

Yes

15. Would you have an open-door policy and be willing to work with Labor to find reasonable solutions to issues affecting working families? *

Yes

16. Would you support efforts to establish stronger oversight of local contractors to ensure that cost savings claimed by privatization are legitimate and do not come at the expense of service quality for residents, cuts in employer wages, or elimination of family-supporting jobs? *

Yes

17. Would you oppose any further attempts to cut pensions for current or future public employees and retirees? *

Yes

18. Describe your position on charter schools *

19. Please check the items which you would be comfortable doing. *

Speaking at a rally in support of workers.

Asking an employer to remain neutral in an organizing campaign.

Holding a hearing to draw attention to employer abuses of workers' rights,

Sending a letter to employees in support of organizing a union.

Urging an employer to re-hire a worker because he/she supported the union during an organizing drive.

Urging the public and public entities to utilize domestic, union produced products.

Walking a picket line.

Requiring developers to use Union contractors.

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20. Every election, candidates seek the support of the Northern Indiana Area Labor Federation, our affiliate members and their families for elective office. Our members always ask: "Why should we support this candidate?" Please use the space below to answer that question: *

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