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Kristi Noem on Jobs
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AdWatch: S.D. accepts out-of-state professional licenses
Gov. Kristi Noem launched a new ad as part of the "Freedom Works Here" nationwide workforce recruitment campaign: "Bright Side" [aired during the first Republican presidential debate]:[Narration by Gov. Noem with the Governor inspecting an
electrical circuit box with a flashlight]: "Let’s look on the bright side: South Dakota stayed open for business during the pandemic. Now, we’ve got more jobs than people!"
[Governor flips a switch and lights go on to reveal the Governor wearing
electrician's overalls]: "So, I’m filling in -- until you get here. South Dakota's the freest state in America, and the best state to live, work, and raise a family. We accept most out-of-state professional licenses. And we have over 20,000 open jobs,
including for electricians."
[Voiceover as Governor closes circuit box and lights go off, panning to neighborhood lights sequentially going off]: "South Dakota--Freedom Works Here."
[Governor's voice in the dark]: "Oh, no; I'm a lousy electrician."
Source: AdWatch on 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
, Aug 23, 2023
Keep right-to-work laws instead of labor unions
The Kristi Noem campaign issued a news release titled, "Unions Bet Big on Democrat Billie Sutton as Big Labor Works to Overturn Right to Work."The news release said unions have contributed more than $10,000 to Sutton's campaign.
The release also highlighted a tweet by the South Dakota Democratic Party that celebrated Tuesday's rejection of a so-called "right to work" law by voters in Missouri. The law would have banned compulsory union fees in that state.
South Dakota has a right-to-work law, which Noem supports. "That's why we're seeing out-of-state union heads investing thousands into Billie Sutton's campaign," the news release said. "He's their best
bet to repeal the state's decades old right-to-work laws and force South Dakotans into labor unions they don't want to be a part of."
Source: Rapid City Journal on 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial race
, Aug 10, 2018
Member of House Education and Labor Committee.
Noem is a member of the House Education and Labor Committee
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce`s purpose is to ensure that Americans` needs are addressed so that students and workers may move forward in a changing school system and a competitive global economy. The following issues are under the jurisdiction of the Committee:
- Elementary and secondary education initiatives, including the No Child Left Behind Act, school choice for low-income families, special education, and vocational and technical education;
- Higher education programs
- Early childhood & preschool education programs including Head Start;
- School lunch and child nutrition programs;
- Programs and services for the care and treatment of at-risk youth, child abuse prevention, and child adoption;
- Anti-poverty programs, including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
- Labor: The Committee also holds jurisdiction over workforce initiatives, including:
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Pension and retirement security
- Access to quality health care for working families and other employee benefits;
- Job training, adult education, and workforce development initiatives, including those under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
- Continuing the successful welfare reforms of 1996;
- Worker health and safety, including occupational safety and health;
- Providing greater choices and flexibility (including `comp time` or family time options) to working women and men;
- Equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment;
- Wages and hours of labor, including the Fair Labor Standards Act;
- Workers` compensation, and family and medical leave;
- All matters dealing with relationships between employers and employees.
Source: U.S. House of Representatives website, www.house.gov 11-HC-ELC on Feb 3, 2011
Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record.
Noem scores 100% by CEI on union issues
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free markets and limited government, has created a Congressional Labor Scorecard for the 112th Congress focusing on worker issues. The score is determined based on policies that support worker freedom and the elimination of Big Labor`s privileges across the country.
Votes in the current Congress score include:- Bill: H.R. 658, LaTourette Amendment No. 21: NO on repealing changes to the Railway Labor Act`s voting rules.
- Bill: H.R. 658, Gingrey Amendment No. 18: YES to prohibit Federal Aviation Administration employees from using official--that is, taxpayer sponsored--time for union activities during the official workday.
- Bill: H.R. 1, Price Amendment No. 410: YES to defund the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
- Bill: H.R. 1, Guinta Amendment No. 166:
YES to prohibit imposing `prevailing wage` and other requirements in project labor agreements that advantage unionized contractors.
- Bill: H.R. 2017, Scalise Amendment No. 388: YES to prohibit project labor agreements in DHS contracts
- Bill: H.R. 2055, LaTourette Amendment No. 411: NO on funding for federal project labor agreements.
- Bill: H.R. 1, King Amendment No. 273: YES to eliminate the `Davis Bacon` prevailing wage rate requirement for federal projects.
- Bill: H.R. 2017, Gosar Amendment No. 386: YES to eliminate the `Davis Bacon` prevailing wage rate requirement for Department of Homeland Security contracts.
- Bill: H.R. 2354: Gosar Amendment No. 655: YES to restrict application of the Davis-Bacon Act to contracts exceeding $20 million.
- Bill: H.R. 2017: Rokita Amendment No. 2: YES to prohibit collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Source: CEI website 12-CEI-H on May 2, 2012
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