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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma has a large red sign
in his office that reads, "Keep calm and carry on."
It's a reproduction of a poster the British government made in 1939 to
reassure citizens at the start of World War II.
Bosma, R-Indianapolis, is applying the slogan this year to what could
be another battle of nerves in the General Assembly.
Republicans, who control large majorities in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate, have identified a labor issue called
"right to work" as their top priority for the 10-week legislative
session that began Wednesday.
House Democrats fled to Illinois for five weeks last year to stop a
right-to-work bill and slow progress on several other education and
labor proposals.
Most of them were out of sight again Wednesday.
They remained behind closed doors in a Statehouse conference room,
discussing strategy and denying House Republicans the two-thirds
needed in attendance to do business.
Right-to-work legislation would prohibit employers and labor unions
from negotiating contracts that require every worker in a shop to pay
in his office that reads, "Keep calm and carry on."
It's a reproduction of a poster the British government made in 1939 to
reassure citizens at the start of World War II.
Bosma, R-Indianapolis, is applying the slogan this year to what could
be another battle of nerves in the General Assembly.
Republicans, who control large majorities in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate, have identified a labor issue called
"right to work" as their top priority for the 10-week legislative
session that began Wednesday.
House Democrats fled to Illinois for five weeks last year to stop a
right-to-work bill and slow progress on several other education and
labor proposals.
Most of them were out of sight again Wednesday.
They remained behind closed doors in a Statehouse conference room,
discussing strategy and denying House Republicans the two-thirds
needed in attendance to do business.
Right-to-work legislation would prohibit employers and labor unions
from negotiating contracts that require every worker in a shop to pay
