Indiana Democrats Victorious In Halting Anti-Worker Legislation

Great news for Indiana's working families came late in the day Monday, as Indiana House Democrats finally returned to the state from Illinois after 36 days of successfully halting multiple bills that would have decreased wages, slashed funding for public schools and silenced our voices in the workplace.

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With work still to do to protect the middle class, the legislators came home to a warm welcome from cheering crowds outside the state Capitol. "We are coming back after softening the radical agenda. We won a battle but recognize the war goes on," said House Democratic Leader Patrick Bauer.

Outcome of the compromise reached between Democratic and Republican lawmakers

Thanks to the courageous stand Democratic elected officials took...

The proposed right-to-work legislation has been scrapped.

Republicans have also pledged not to pass a law to make the state's existing ban on collective bargaining for state workers permanent.

Plans to create a state-funded private school voucher system, taking away valuable funding and attention from public schools and undermining the rights of public school teachers, has been curtailed.

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