What Others Are Saying About Measures
V & W
“Measures V and W will hurt small and family-owned businesses like mine with unsustainable wage mandates."
Priya Patel
Vice President of Operations
Ontario Airport Inn
“Measure W would devastate our economy, slash construction projects and lead to loss of good, family-sustaining union jobs. Stand with working families and vote NO on Measure W.”
Jon P. Preciado
Business Manager
Southern California District Council of Laborers LiUNA!
“Measures V and W will cost the city more than $2 million and create a permanent hole in Ontario’s budget, hurting emergency services like fire response.”
Jake Medina
Secretary
Ontario Professional Firefighters, Local 1430
“Measures V and W will weaken our economy and could lead to 628 lost jobs and $4 million in reduced wages. Vote NO on March 24.”
Peggi Hazlett
CEO
Greater Ontario Business Council
“An economic study found that Measures V and W would lead to $93 million in lost business sales. It’s a bad policy that will increase costs for Ontario small businesses.”
Alex Baroian
Small Business Owner
Mule Car Smokehouse
“Measures V and W are expected to reduce hotel room demand by nearly 10 percent, causing more than $2 million in lost local tax revenue. This could force residents to pay higher taxes to cover budget deficits.”
Ray Roa
COO and General Manager
GOCAL/ONT Field
Editorial: Ontario voters should reject special interest Measures W and V
Across Southern California, the union Unite Here Local 11 has pushed costly elections in its bid to impose its will on local hospitality businesses.
Such is the case with Measures W and V, to be voted on by Ontario city voters in a March 24 special election that will apparently cost city taxpayers over $1.2 million to conduct.
These measures, forced onto the city by the union, are straightforward efforts to punish the local hospitality industry until businesses fold to union demands. It’s akin to the frequent attempts by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West to gain control of the state’s dialysis clinics by repeatedly forcing Californians to vote on statewide ballot measures imposing various rules on dialysis clinics.
The point wasn’t to actually see those measures passed, but to force the dialysis companies to waste a lot of money fighting off the union pressure campaign. That’s essentially the game of Unite Here Local 11. …
Ontario voters should resist this special interest intrusion. Vote no on W and V.