End Right to Work for Less

For over a decade, Indiana has lived under one of the most dishonest pieces of legislation ever pushed on working families: Right to Work.

Let’s call it what it really is:

Right to Work for Less

Right to Work doesn’t protect workers. It kneecaps unions, drives wages down, and hands corporate power to companies who profit from a weaker labor force. It was designed to make it harder for Hoosiers to stand together, negotiate, and demand what they’ve earned.

Union states have:

- Higher wages

- Safer workplaces

- Better benefits

- Stronger middle classes

Right to Work states have:

- Lower average wages

- Weaker bargaining power

- Lower benefits

- More exploitation

I will fight to repeal Right to Work in Indiana so workers regain their strength, their voice, and their dignity.

You don’t build a strong Indiana by weakening the very people who built it.

Prioritize Local Hiring for Local Projects

If Hoosier taxpayers fund a project, Hoosier workers should benefit from the jobs.
Period.

I support:

- Local hiring standards for publicly funded projects

- Real incentives for companies that hire Indiana workers

- Penalties for corporations that take tax breaks then outsource jobs

- Transparent reporting so taxpayers know who gets hired and where the money goes.

Support Union Labor & Apprenticeships

Unions built the American middle class and they still do.
When unions are strong, workers have:

- Higher wages

- Better benefits

- Safer workplaces

- Real bargaining power

My plan:

- Expand state support for union apprenticeships

- Promote skilled trades pathways in schools instead of pushing every student to debt

- Protect workers’ right to organize without intimidation

- Crack down on anti-union corporate tactics

Hoosier labor deserves a seat at the table, not a pat on the head.

Strengthen Manufacturing & Local Industry

District 30 has a proud manufacturing legacy.
We’re tired of politicians using our workers as a photo op, then selling our future to the highest bidder.

I will:

- Fight to keep manufacturing and EV jobs in Indiana

- Support new investment that hires locally, not outsiders

- Expand training programs for high-demand trades

- Tie state incentives to long-term job commitments — not press conferences

We can bring back strong manufacturing without leaving workers behind.

Support Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs

Local businesses are the backbone of Kokomo, Tipton, Greentown, and every small town in our district.
We should make it easier to start something here not harder.

I support:

- Simple, streamlined licensing and paperwork

- Affordable healthcare options for small employers

- Grants and low-interest loans for startups and rural businesses

- Tax fairness that stops punishing small operators while corporations get handouts

When local businesses thrive, whole communities thrive.

The Bottom Line

Hoosier Jobs First is simple:

Good jobs. Local jobs. Fair wages. Safe workplaces.

But we only get there when working people have real power, not when Indiana protects the powerful at the expense of the people who do the work.

That means ending Right to Work for Less, standing with unions, and rebuilding the middle class the Hoosier way:

Together, with dignity.