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Sixty million workers nationwide say they would join a union if they could. Federal law promises these workers have the right to organize and join a union. However, when workers try to organize, they face aggressive anti-union campaigns with tactics including lies, intimidation, threats of shut down, and illegal firings.
A common tactic used during an organizing drive are mandatory meetings. Mandatory meetings force workers to stay in a room, listening to the perspective of the employer without any protection. Would you support legislation allowing workers the right to leave the room without fear of retaliation when topics of religion, politics, or union organizing are discussed?
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Community support is crucial to help workers' voices to be heard. Will you publicly support workers:
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Advocate for labor principals such as livable wage, use of NH workers, health care, and retirement at meeting and events I'm speaking at
Write letters of support for the workers' organizing efforts
Attend community forums in support
Join and support other educational efforts and activities seeking to build public support for the right of workers to organize labor unions
Join informational pickets, rallies, and other worker solidarity events
Pledge to not cross any picket lines |
Do you oppose a "right to work" law that would ban unions and employers from negotiating agreements that require non-members to pay a "fair share" fee for their share of the cost of negotiation and implementing their contracts?
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Yes I oppose "right to work"
No I support "right to work"
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The economic crisis has affected every American; state and local pension plans also have been affected. some people are using the economic crisis as a new call to end these plans. Pension plans are one of the most important benefits workers have. There is a national effort under way to eliminate the defined-benefit pension plans for teachers, other school employees, and state and local government employees. Defined-benefit pension plans guarantee income security, provide greater portability and are better able to ensure the payment of retirement benefits. Would you oppose efforts to reduce defined-benefit pension plans?
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Will you support and defend the NH Retirement System and keep it a defined-benefit plan and not reduce benefits for prospective members, current members and retirees?
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No, if no please explain
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Would you support pre-funding a COLA (Cost of Living Adjsutment)?
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No, if no please explain
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Are you opposed to the privatization of public sector jobs?
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If the services performed by public employees under a collective bargaining agreement are privatized should their collective bargaining agreement go with them and be administered by the private sector company?
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We believe data can be a powerful tool that helps us understand what is working in the classroom. However, we believe that all teacher development and evaluation systems must take into consideration teacher practice. But just as the current snapshot form of teacher observation isn’t adequate, the same is true for a single standardized test score. Will you support efforts to put in place teacher development and evaluation systems that look at a full range of a teacher’s skills and do not rely solely on one measure:
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Yes, evaluations should be based on more that one measure
No. evaluations should be based solely on one measure
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Do you support proposals requiring the methods for evaluating teacher performance to be developed on the local level with meaningful input from teachers?
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Yes, I would support
No, I would oppose
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Do you believe that public charter schools should be held to the same standards as traditional public schools? These include health and safety standards, civil rights requirements, and the requirement to employ only highly qualified teachers. Unfortunately, accountability and transparency for charters remain major problems in many jurisdictions.
Do you support requiring that charter schools meet the same requirements as traditional public schools?
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Do you think teachers in charter schools should have the right to organize and join a union?
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No
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In order to preserve the purchasing power of unemployment benefits would you support the adoption of an annual (COLA) cost of living adjustment as it relates to unemployment insurance compensation?
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Some states provide benefits for dependents in addition to standard Unemployment Insurance benefits. Should New Hampshire unemployment compensation include dependent benefits?
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Yes
No, if no please explain
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If elected, would you request that the Department of Employment Security to share data on the NH Working program with the legislature at the beginning and ending of each legislative session?
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Many workers are faced with making tough choices, especially during a major event in their lives, like the birth of a child or a medical emergency requiring the need to take time off but are unable to do so because they cannot afford the leave. Thirty four percent of the men and women who take FMLA take it without pay. In fact, nearly ten percent of workers receiving less than full pay during their longest leave go onto public assistance to cover the loss of wages.
Would you support creating a voluntary paid leave system that would provide new parents or families that are experiencing a medical crisis access to financial assistance, that woulb be based on pre-leave wages shared equally between the employer and employee?
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No, if no please explain
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For many workers there is no access to paid sick leave from work. Often employees must attend work because they cannot afford time off. This means they cannot take care of themselves or a family member when ill, substantially putting their coworkers at greater risk of infection. Would you support legislation that would create paid sick leave to employees?
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In the state procurement process, particularly in building and construction (but in the contracting-out of services as well), often the low bid does not translate into the best value for taxpayers. Achieving the best value for taxpayers means recognizing all costs as well as the potential unintended consequences of public procurement decisions. For example, if a low bidder achieves cost savings by misclassifying workers, this results in lost state and federal tax revenue and shifts workers' compensation and health insurance costs (due to an increase in uncompensated care costs for the working uninsured) onto the public. If a low bidder achieves cost savings by cutting back on the training, skill level or experience of its workforce or the use of substandard materials, the result can be a shoddy or unsafe work and a less-than-quality end product. Further, it is detrimental to the public interest and the community, if contractors who don't follow labor, tax, insurance or safety laws are given an advantage over contractors who follow the law, act as responsible corporate citizens, and hire New Hampshire workers at decent wages and benefits. In 2010 the state legislature passed SB 495 which will study these important components. A major provision of the bill allows for pilot projects to be implemented taking into account the above mentioned provision.
Will you advocate to state agencies that pilot projects must be implemented to study the positive effects of provisions like
health care coverage, retirement security, etc?
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| Do you support the following components to be included as provisions the state should consider when they procure goods and services for the state and when they construct projects using public dollars? |
Apprenticeship Training
NH workers
Health Care coverage, not just access
Non-discrimination in hiring
Retirement Security
Livable Wages
Safety Programs |
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Would you support the usage of Project Labor Agreements where practical? These agreements are used frequently in the private sector. Please explain.
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No, if no please explain
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Will you support legislation requiring the payment of area standard wages and benefits (these are determined by the
Department of Labor) on state building and construction projects?
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No, if no please explain
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Will you support policies that level the playing field and ensure contractors who provide health insurance, retirement
benefits, and training for their employees are not inadvertently penalized in the state procurement process?
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Yes
No, if no please explain
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As an elected official, would you meet with construction purchasers engaged in major public or public benefit projects (such as schools, colleges, hospitals, or state, county or municipal facilities, etc.) to advocate for the use of community
beneficial procurement standards as well as procurement practices which promote putting New Hampshire workers to work and making possible apprenticeship opportunities for New Hampshire's young people?
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No, if no please explain
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