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Old 01-28-2012, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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Indianan? What's that .
I corrected him Msam not everyone lives in Indiana.......... Yet....... be friendly to our friends here
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Old 01-28-2012, 03:53 PM
 
Location: El Cajon, CA
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Indianan? What's that .
ummm I mean Hoosiers
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Old 01-29-2012, 12:29 PM
 
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A right to work state is very benificial to a company. It's the individual employee who is hurt. Personally I have never done a cold winter or been to Indiana and I'm back in my hometown after living in Phoenix, AZ and Biloxi, MS. I have no desire to leave San Diego County again. However being unemployed I would consider moving to Indiana if offered a job even with the pay cuts. That being said I gave up on Phoenix after being laid off and not being able to find work there either(NTM I hated the place). Arizona, a right to work state, payed almost half the salary my job title demands in California. GL Indianans I hope you stay employed but be prepared to make a lot less money doing the same thing .

Indianans ????We are called Hoosiers .
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Old 01-29-2012, 01:40 PM
 
Location: In a happy place
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According to the reports I have read, roughly 10% of the workers in the state of Indiana are union members (in other words, paying dues to a union). It is amazing how those 10% seem to be responsible for causing ALL the economic problems in the entire state.

Just think about that for a moment.


How is that possible?
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Old 01-29-2012, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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According to the reports I have read, roughly 10% of the workers in the state of Indiana are union members (in other words, paying dues to a union). It is amazing how those 10% seem to be responsible for causing ALL the economic problems in the entire state.

Just think about that for a moment.


How is that possible?
Amazing isn't it??? Well now that those PITA unions have been put in their place, let the economic flow begin ... Right????
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Old 01-29-2012, 02:42 PM
 
Location: Fishers, IN
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Amazing isn't it??? Well now that those PITA unions have been put in their place, let the economic flow begin ... Right????
What? You don't see them busting the door down from Illinois??
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Old 01-29-2012, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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What? You don't see them busting the door down from Illinois??
Maybe they are knocking with their pinkies ...
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Old 01-29-2012, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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What? You don't see them busting the door down from Illinois??
As i said we need to Widen I-90 and I-80/94 from Chicago to accomidate the businesses and people
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Old 01-29-2012, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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I refuse to take sides but I will tell you a real story. A few years ago when my mate and I were living in Chicago we did not like the Chicago winters. Mate's brother said come on down to Florida. You can find a job. My mate was a printer making close to $21/hr in a non-union shop. We trotted down to Florida - a right to work state. The best job mate could find was night shift manager at a small newspaper. The pay was a whopping $2.38/hr with no benefits. We returned to Illinois.

Here is some information I found on the RTW Law: Bad for Indiana - Why "Right to Work" is Bad for Indiana and Bad for Hoosiers! - Home
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Old 01-29-2012, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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I refuse to take sides but I will tell you a real story. A few years ago when my mate and I were living in Chicago we did not like the Chicago winters. Mate's brother said come on down to Florida. You can find a job. My mate was a printer making close to $21/hr in a non-union shop. We trotted down to Florida - a right to work state. The best job mate could find was night shift manager at a small newspaper. The pay was a whopping $2.38/hr with no benefits. We returned to Illinois.

Here is some information I found on the RTW Law: Bad for Indiana - Why "Right to Work" is Bad for Indiana and Bad for Hoosiers! - Home
was the Newspaper smaller as you said?
Smaller companies could generally have smaller pay.
Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times are pretty big newspaper companies.
Also you have to consider Disposible income.
For example lets just use 100,000$ a year as a base.
if i move from Chicago to Indianapolis my cost of living drops 25% so if i made 100,000$ a year in Chicago i could make only 75,000 a year and sustain the same standard of living. But the average wage in Indianapolis is only 8% less than compared to Chicago.
Hence why i always look at DISPOSIBLE income over everything cause when you boil it down taxes deductions etc thats what matters cause thats what you take home.
Flordia probably has a lower cost of living than Chicago so that has to be taken into account too.
I personally use this website to consider the advantage of moving from X location to Y location. http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwi...detail_77.html
Because it also considers average wage reduction or increase.
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