* Just the other day, Bailey was complaining about Marxism in Illinois…
From the story…
Bailey on Tuesday met with several striking John Deere union workers in Moline.
The UAW members he spoke with are supportive of the agreement that was struck with Deere to extend their contract through 2027 (including a 10% wage increase the first year, and $82,000 total average increase over the term of the contract), he said. “One thing on the line I found that I was happy about – people love their job; they love John Deere; they love Illinois.”
Those folks were in the minority. UAW members voted to reject the contract offer yesterday.
* Gary Rabine on the Virginia race…
Gary Rabine, Republican candidate for Illinois Governor, says Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia governor’s race sends a clear message that voters want candidates who will stand up for families and oppose the far-left agenda of woke politicians.
“I have met Glenn Youngkin and I can tell you he is a common-sense leader who can’t be bought,” Rabine said. “Throughout his campaign, Glenn sounded the alarm about the war on families. Instead of ignoring the concerns of parents, he embraced them. Not only was his message the right message, but it proved to be a winning message.”
Rabine said woke politicians in Illinois should be worried. In 2022 people in Illinois will stand up for Life, Liberty and Freedom as Virginia has.
“Governor Pritzker wants to be the wokest of the woke and he continues to ignore common sense and continues to wage his war on families,” Rabine said. “He has doubled down on vaccine mandates and mask mandates. He has signed legislation to put sexually explicit and borderline pornographic material into classrooms and he has pushed legislation to take away the Right of Conscience for working people. While Pritzker was not on the ballot in Virginia, his far-left views were. Voters in Virginia rejected woke politics and I am confident voters in Illinois will do the same.”
* And here’s Paul Schimpf’s take…
Republican candidate Paul Schimpf celebrated new Virginia Governor-Elect Glenn Youngkin’s decisive, seismic victory yesterday, saying that Youngkin’s win sends a message that Republicans can prevail in so-called “blue” states by focusing on issues that are relevant to everyday Americans.
“I’m thrilled to see Governor-Elect Youngkin win in Virginia,” Schimpf said. “But it isn’t just that he won, it’s how he won. He ran a thoughtful, inspired campaign that spoke to voters on what matters most—their wallets, their freedom, and, most importantly, their children.”
“This is also my vision for our state, and I fully believe that this is the blueprint for how to connect with voters and win in Illinois as well,” Schimpf added. “Illinoisans are fed up with corrupt, partisan politics and the blue-red divide and just want to know that their communities are safe, the economy is strong, and they can give their kids the best possible future.”
“To make that vision a reality for Illinois, we need to clean up corruption, support our law enforcement community, and reduce our state’s massive tax burden to grow our economy for working families,” he said.
“Governor-Elect Youngkin was able to persuade voters across the ideological spectrum and regardless of party by appealing to their core values and priorities,” Schimpf continued. “And, just as Youngkin stressed in his campaign, nothing is more important to me than for parents—not the government—to have the power to decide what’s best for kids when it comes to education, health, and more.”
Pushing back against the Pritzker Administration and Springfield Democrats’ desire to have more and more control over our lives, Schimpf has proposed an “Illinois Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which ensures that parents of minor children have a variety of educational, financial, and health-related rights when it comes to raising their kids as they see fit.
Explaining the importance of parental rights further, Schimpf elaborated that “a pro-family reset is long overdue. Let’s restore the relationship between the parents of Illinois and their government to one that gives back to parents the autonomy and respect that they never should have lost in the first place.”
As the next Governor of Illinois, Paul Schimpf will be a common-sense conservative leader who will stand up for parents, stand up for small businesses, and stand up for everyday Illinoisans. That’s what it will take to fix Illinois, and that’s what Paul Schimpf can deliver.
Bailey didn’t say much on Facebook and the same thing went for Jesse Sullivan on Twitter.
…Adding… IDCCA…
Yesterday, Senator Darren Bailey — Republican candidate for Governor with a zero percent Illinois AFL-CIO rating — stopped by a UAW union picket line. IDCCA President Kristina Zahorik issued the following statement:
“Watching Republicans like Darren Bailey constantly gaslight Illinoisians is like living in the Twilight Zone — what’s up is down, and what’s fact is fiction. Let’s be clear to Illinois workers: Darren Bailey has a zero percent lifetime rating from the Illinois AFL-CIO, and he opposed letting voters have their say at the ballot box over whether we should constitutionally protect workers’ rights — like those UAW members — to collectively bargain.”
“Illinois Democrats and the IDCCA stand with our union brothers and sisters at John Deere, and we support their right to collectively bargain. We can’t let Darren Bailey lie to us, and voters need to remember he’s full of BS.”
As reported by Mark Maxwell of WCIA, Darren Bailey voted against putting the workers’ rights amendment on the ballot in 2022.
*** UPDATE *** Center Square…
Venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan’s campaign said Youngkin’s win shows Illinoisans they can move beyond an era of high taxes, high crime and self-interested career politicians.
“[M]others and fathers and people from all walks of life stood up and spoke loudly against a government that has reached into their homes, their schools, and their lives,” a Sullivan spokesperson said in an email. “Leadership is about prioritization, and time and time again, J.B. Pritzker and the radical legislature has prioritized virtue signaling and personal aspirations over the lives and livelihoods of working people.”
And while Illinois’ gubernatorial election isn’t for another 12 months, Bailey said the momentum from Youngkin’s win in Virginia will persist, especially after the recent veto session where Illinois Democrats passed controversial legislation.
“I don’t think anyone is going to forget this anytime soon,” Bailey said. “I think momentum, yes, will build and it’s going to build even much more than it did in Virginia.”
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:09 am:
-When we have a good year on my farm we share profits with the people who help make it happen-
Like the taxpayers who provided the subsidies in the bad years?
- Captain Obvious - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:19 am:
Turning down a 10% raise is pretty bold. They say providence favors the brave, but sometimes the brave go a bit too far out on the limb and crash.
- Publius - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:19 am:
Does that mean Bailey supports unions and will fight for higher benefits and wages? Would like to know how much he has accepted from Deere. I will note he does use Deere equipment on his farm.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:21 am:
===is pretty bold===
Meh. It’s a process. Also, the younger workers are getting the shaft over there. This strike has been portrayed as the older generation attempting to help out the younger folks.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:22 am:
I worked union for 30 years and never got within sniffing distance of a 10% hike.
You’re going to vote that down? They can’t make John Deere’s in Alabama?
- Skeptic - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:22 am:
“sends a clear message…” Check. “for families” Check. “far-left agenda” Check. “common-sense leader” Check. “the war on families.” Double-check.
Yup, right out of the Republican PR script. All that’s missing are the references to God, taxes and guns.
- Techie - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:23 am:
@Techie
A 10% raise the FIRST year, when inflation is estimated around 5%. That’s nice, but not amazing, and what are the figures for later years? All while the company is making huge profits and workers are hard to find?
Sounds like a very reasonable attitude among the workers to fight for a larger share of the profits, given that their work is a major contributor to said profits.
- BTO2 - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:30 am:
Hopefully like the Teamsters at UPS years ago, help the young guys. I’m betting it was a gut check when 10% was offered.
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:30 am:
Skeptic, you left something out of the GOP PR script, guarding against gay, Spanish speaking Muslims coming to take their guns away.
- City Zen - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:35 am:
==I worked union for 30 years and never got within sniffing distance of a 10% hike.==
A 10% percent raise might seem large, but not if it the number it’s based on is artificially low for current conditions. The John Deere contract qualifies under those conditions. And from what I’ve read, there were certain quotas baked into the previous contract that were usually unattainable but made it look like the existing salaries were higher than they actually were.
- Chicago Blue - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:38 am:
10% on average might not mean much to newest folks in a 2-tier wage system.
- Cool Papa Bell - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:40 am:
John Deere is expected to make $5.7 - $5.9 billion in profits. They spent $2 billion on share repurchases this year.
10% isn’t enough.
- Jocko - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:41 am:
==I stand with working families in this state.==
Just the rural ones, my ambassador will deal with those from the urban areas.
- Arsenal - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:52 am:
Smart move for Bailey. Given the rest of his record (and Pritzker’s), he probably won’t eat into the labor vote too much, but it can’t hurt.
The comments about Youngkin are…fine, especially if they’re only a one-off. But IL voters don’t really care about the Governor of VA. Nor do VA voters care about the Governor of IL. Maybe you can get a *little* more mileage out of someone like DeSantis or Cuomo who have made themselves national figures (usually for negative things), but I think even there the gains are slight.
But Republicans had a good night last night. I think they need to crow about it a little.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:57 am:
If it sounds like Rabine and Schimpf want to make the race a cultural war…
- Stix Hix - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 10:57 am:
==Since 2010, manufacturing jobs in Illinois has declined==
Good grief, his grammar is an abomination. Thankfully, I don’t have to worry about him embarrassing me as my Governor. The North Clay CUSD 25 sure did fail with him.
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:02 am:
=Turning down a 10% raise is pretty bold.=
So you favor a dictatorial process where the workers are told what they get by management. Duly noted.
- Wheaton - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:04 am:
Hopefully the VA win and the NJ 16pt swing might prompt some serious GOP candidates with money or Griffin money to get in the race. The angry Gomer Pyle routine of Bailey is not going to do it, and the MAGA stuff from Rabine is a non-starter.
- Jibba - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:34 am:
===When we have a good year on my farm===
Every year is a good one when you’re on the government dole.
===Illinoisans are fed up with…the blue-red divide===
Yes but not in the way you think. Red is fed up with blue, blue is fed up with red. Like every election, frankly.
- H-W - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:38 am:
I am sure I am an outlier. But I was born and raised in Virginia. 30 years. I have now lived in Illinois for 30 years.
Virginia is only now transitioning from predominantly fiscal conservative/Reagan Republican, to a 50/50 toss up. It is a purely purple state.
In that context, I do would not get terribly excited about the fact that the Republican candidate won by 70,000 votes in a year after Democrats won. I just do not see this as anything remotely similar to a “mandate” or a landslide. I would instead describe it as a routine event.
- H-W - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:40 am:
In my prior comment, I should have said Virginia is transitioning from Fiscal Conservative to Reagan Republican to Tea Party to Purple State.
- Arsenal - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:43 am:
==I would instead describe it as a routine event. ==
It’s a little bit more than that, but the relative closeness of the results should make people a little cautious about what the voters of VA “wanted”. Rauner’s victory in 2014 was pretty similar, but it turns out the state didn’t really want his policies.
- Notorious JMB - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 11:54 am:
Several of my family members worked for and retired from Deere over the years. My uncle went through a long strike and after that I don’t think he ever voted for a strike again.
Said that strike pay wasn’t nearly enough to make ends meet and regardless of what you get out of it, it isn’t near enough to make up for what you lost not working.
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 12:02 pm:
“Governor Pritzker wants to be the wokest of the woke”
Southern strategy, part infinity. Just because it won by two points in Virginia does not mean it will win in Illinois (see California and New Jersey). “Woke” and “CRT” are the new racial demonization words. In some ways this is worse than the George Wallace era, because now they are trying to silence Black voices in schools and whitewash history by banning “CRT” which doesn’t exist in K-12.
Pritzker and the DPI need to take this fight head-on. The party fought hard to be diverse and inclusive, including enacting policies to help POC communities.
- jim - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 12:11 pm:
* Just the other day, Bailey was complaining about Marxism in Illinois…
are all kinds of way to, as bailey suggests, to share wealth with employees.
higher way, profit-sharing programs many companies use, discounted stock purchase programs, 401 (k) matches, college tuition subsidies and so on.
those are all traditional approaches in private enterprise. doesn’t have to involve Marxism, as was suggested
- Unconventional wisdom - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 12:19 pm:
This was what was rejected:
=The latest contract included an immediate 10% increase in wages, followed by 5% raises in the third and fifth years =
Unless there is something else going on it is ridiculous to reject that offer.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 12:21 pm:
===Unless there is something else going on===
Pensions
- G'Kar - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 12:46 pm:
===Unless there is something else going on ===
I suspect you have never negotiated a contract. Wages are important, but often not the most important issue on the table. As Rich mentions, pensions is an important issue, as are health benefits, working conditions, and working hours, just to name a few.
- IllinoisBoi - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 1:54 pm:
Virginia’s “core values” — such as deliberately failing to teach about the reality and legacy of slavery in the USA.
- Amalia - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 2:01 pm:
this Va win and candidates who tie themselves to that winner may or may not be an issue for Ds here. the tie is not the problem. the reason he won is. it’s not the teaching of slavery that is the issue. it is the wall of “white privilege” and other sociology phrases that get tossed at people that makes many think that CRT is actually being taught in high school and lower. the Ds lost the suburban moms on this. that is a problem.
- Flying Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 2:07 pm:
Notorious JMB x 100
A year from now poll those who voted no on that offer and ask them if they would do it again.
- Unconventional wisdom - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 3:04 pm:
===Unless there is something else going on===
Pensions=
And if that is the case, that is really important.
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 3:13 pm:
Republican candidates won fair and square yesterday. There’s no reported widespread fraud, just like practically every election. It is a relief to not have people bellowing out that the election was stolen from them.
In terms of the results, they seem to be par for the course in Virginia and elsewhere, in the sense of midterm-type elections, where the party out of power wins. The Democratic governor winning re-election in New Jersey is an infrequent event. There is of course much hyperventilating in the MSM about “doom for Democrats,” but that is kind of baked in our politics.
In terms of Democrats in power now, one of the greatest political sayings applies to them: they own (h/t OW). They have to deliver and not have repeated legislative failures on the biggest stage.
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 3:56 pm:
That Sullivan statement continues his campaign of being mush-mouthed and vague. I get to the end of every sentence of it, and want to ask, “like what, Mr. Sullivan, like what?”
- A Jack - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 6:24 pm:
I expect the repeal of parental notification for underage abortions will become an issue in the Governor’s race. It is the same kind of erosion of parental rights that were a concern in Virginia.
- Coco - Wednesday, Nov 3, 21 @ 9:01 pm:
Darren Bailey spoke via Zoom at an AFSCME Local 1048 meeting in May. He was asked whether he supported Right to Work. He refused to answer the question. I hope he enjoyed his photo op with the UAW members. I’ve no doubt if he’s elected, he’ll forget about meeting with them.
- Da big bad wolf - Thursday, Nov 4, 21 @ 5:32 am:
===The Ds lost the suburban moms on this. that is a problem.===
Why now, in 2021? CRT and the concept of white privilege have been around for decades. Why is this an issue in 2021? I was thinking that more along the lines that the voters in Virginia just didn’t like their governor.
- Da big bad wolf - Thursday, Nov 4, 21 @ 6:51 am:
=== Since 2010, manufacturing jobs in Illinois has declined due to poor policies in Springfield negatively impacting our businesses and workers.===
So which policies are they?
Which policies does Mr. Bailey endorse that also don’t stick to the workers, you know, the ones that he has solidarity with?
- Eastern Bloc Gulag - Thursday, Nov 4, 21 @ 9:00 am:
With a 10% raise and follow-on 5% raises, who cares about the pensions - start chucking some of that pay increase into an IRA and you won’t have to worry about the relative strength of your pension (or whether it will survive a bankruptcy/fraud/embezzelement/undefunding/etc in the company or the Union). A pension, by the way, that you can’t pass on to your descendants like you can with actual money in your IRA.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 4, 21 @ 9:10 am:
===who cares about the pensions===
Those whom already are in pension type programs and those labor organizations that have pensions for their members.
- bored now - Thursday, Nov 4, 21 @ 2:34 pm:
i’m not sure how much of youngkin’s campaign is reproducible in illinois. the school board “movement” (and it may be a movement) predated youngkin’s bid, even though CRT isn’t taught or even referenced in any virginia public school. and if fox news loses interest in that story, it will be a hard sell on the campaign trail.
moreover, youngkin had more contributions from in-state virginians than mcauliffe. his campaign focused on voter registration, especially in the blue ridge area, while only one of the 4 mcauliffe events i went to even offered that option (and it was quite passive). 63% of the new voter registrations in virginia in the last two years are believed to be republican/trump voters, based upon where they lived. (virginia does not register by political party.)
i would think that the youngkin model is more relevant to southern states than to midwestern ones. hopefully, rich will keep an eye on this thought…
- Da big has wolf - Friday, Nov 5, 21 @ 8:59 am:
=== You’re going to vote that down? They can’t make John Deere’s in Alabama?===
The Deere strike is multi state.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Nov 5, 21 @ 9:37 am:
===The Deere strike is multi state===
It really is amazing the number of people who want to use that multi-state strike to further their goal of running down Illinois.