Survey Results

Page: 2010 Montgomery County Candidate Questionnaire

1. Candidate Last Name:
	answered question	18
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		18

2. Candidate First Name
	answered question	18
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		18

3. Office Seeking
	answered question	18
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		18

4. District if Applicable
	answered question	15
	skipped question	6
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		15

5. Party:
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Democrat		83.3%	15
Republican		16.7%	3
Other (please specify)		0.0%	0

6. Campaign Address:
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Committee Name: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Street Address: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
City: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
State: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Zip: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18

7. Candidate Contact Information:
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Phone: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Fax: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Email: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18

8. Treasurer Name & Address:
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Treasurer Name: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Street Address: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
City: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
State: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18
Zip: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	18

9. Does your campaign accept PAC contributions?
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	18
No		0.0%	0

10. Restrictions on PAC contributions
	answered question	10
	skipped question	11
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		10

11. Previous Elected/Appointed Office
	answered question		15
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 [ShowReplies]		100.0%	15
2 [ShowReplies]		66.7%	10
3 [ShowReplies]		46.7%	7
4 [ShowReplies]		33.3%	5
5 [ShowReplies]		13.3%	2
6 [ShowReplies]		6.7%	1

12. Term of Previous Office
	answered question		14
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 [ShowReplies]		100.0%	14
2 [ShowReplies]		64.3%	9
3 [ShowReplies]		42.9%	6
4 [ShowReplies]		28.6%	4
5 [ShowReplies]		7.1%	1
6 [ShowReplies]		7.1%	1

13. Have you ever received the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO endorsement?
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		33.3%	6
No		66.7%	12

14. If Yes When?
	answered question	9
	skipped question	12
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		9

15. Have you ever assisted a labor organization to achieve any of its goals?
	answered question		18
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		94.4%	17
No		5.6%	1

16. Please Explain:
	answered question	18
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		18

17. Please explain why you seek labor's endorsement?
	answered question	18
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		18

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18. In the District of Columbia there is a bill that requires any private developement reciving $200,000 or more in any form of public subsidy have first source hiring agreemnets, certified carrieer traing, Project Labor Agreements and Labor Peace Agreements which protect the County's investment in the project. Will you support similar legislation in Montgomery County?
	answered question		17
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		76.5%	13
No		23.5%	4
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]			11

19. Do you support passage of a Large Retailer Accountability Act which would require that retail stores larger than 75,000 square feet pay a living wage, provide adequate health benefits, adhere to community standards including no sale of groceries, guns & ammunition and engage in first source hiring agreements?
	answered question		17
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		58.8%	10
No		41.2%	7
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]			11

20. The District of Columbia has a long established practice of having a local minimum wage standard $1.00 above the federal minimum wage. Retail employers that have gross revenues of greater than $27 million can afford to pay their workers living wages of $11.50 an hour, which will help to support sustainable careers in the retail industry and to build a retail workforce in the District that can afford to buy the products it works hard to sell. Will you work to ensure that hard working Montgomery County residents receive the good wages they deserve and support a bill establishing a minimum wage standard that would require large retail employers with revenues greater than $27 million to pay a living wage $11.50 an hour?
	answered question		17
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		29.4%	5
No		5.9%	1
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		64.7%	11

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21. Will you support legislation that provides that any public agency be required to recognize a union providing that union submits authorization cards by a majority of eligible members and provides that once a union is recognized that all persons covered in the bargaining unit pay their "Fair Share" in reasonable service fees, if they choose not to belong to the recognized union?
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		68.8%	11
No		12.5%	2
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		18.8%	3

22. Do you support a “Workers Freedom Act” that would prohibit employers from compelling workers to attend mandatory meetings to listen to their employers’ religious and political beliefs, including the employer’s beliefs about joining a union?
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		81.3%	13
No		18.8%	3

23. Once a contract agreement has been reached between a collective bargaining agent and the county or other government entity, do you commit to fully funding those contracts?
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		56.3%	9
No		43.8%	7

24. Do you support legislation that would require final and binding arbitration of all labor disputes by public employees?
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		81.3%	13
No		18.8%	3

25. The Metro Council has affiliated unions that represent employees on the County Government and School Board side of the budget. The current economic crisis is placing substantial pressure on the county budget which funds both county and school board services. If the State mandated Maintenance of Effort (MOE) is not waived then the county side of the budget must absorb the vast majority of budget cuts, layoffs and furloughs. If the MOE is waived, then the resulting impact of cuts, especially number of furlough days could be more equitably distributed across both the County government and School Board systems resulting in fewer furlough days per employee. Would you maintain MOE and protect the school board side from cuts or would you waive MOE and disperse the pain more equitably? Waive MOE
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		43.8%	7
No		6.3%	1
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		50.0%	8

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26. WMATA has provided rail transportation in Maryland since the late 1970s. While the system has been stressed lately, it has generally provided well run service since inception and its workers are paid decent wages and benefits. Some have proposed Operating the light rail “Purple Line” as a state or privately run line without integrating it into the WMATA system and paying substandard wages and benefits. Do you favor or oppose a WMATA operated "Purple Line?
	answered question		16
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Favor		56.3%	9
Oppose		0.0%	0
Other [ShowReplies]		43.8%	7

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27. For the measures above that you have agreed to support, would you be willing to:
	answered question		15
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Co-sponsor legislation		100.0%	15
Work with our affiliate unions and allies to pass the bill		93.3%	14
Testify at a hearing in support of legislation		86.7%	13
Speak at public events in support of legislation		93.3%	14
Write a letter in support of legislation		86.7%	13
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		6.7%	1

28. In order to help strengthen working people’s interests, would you be willing to:
	answered question		15
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Urge employers to respect their employees right to form a union by remaining neutral during a union organizing campaign		80.0%	12
Urge employers to recognize a union voluntarily when the majority of their employees choose to form one?		73.3%	11
Write a letter to unorganized workers endorsing an organizing drive by a labor union?		20.0%	3
Write a letter to urge an employer to re-hire a worker fired because he supported the union during an organizing drive?		73.3%	11
Urge the general public to utilize union produced products (for example AT&T Wireless)?		26.7%	4
Walk a picket line in support of a labor union?		40.0%	6
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		20.0%	3