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Kasich, House Republicans target teachers with new plan

April 7, 2011

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Gov. John Kasich and House Republicans are considering ways to implement provisions of Senate Bill 5, circumventing a petition drive that would put the new law on hold while it goes to a statewide referendum. In a story by reporters Joe Vardon and Jim Siegel, the Dispatch reports that [...]

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Unions join MLK observances across the state

April 5, 2011

From the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Despite the wind and rain on Monday evening, about 175 people gathered at Hardesty Park on the 43rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination to protest the cuts in union rights and vowed to defeat the state’s Senate Bill 5 at the polls. ”Make no mistake about it, folks, [...]

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Kasich’s savings estimate of $1.3 billion for SB5 in question

April 5, 2011

Opponents of the new law disagree The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that there are potential flaws in the Kasich administration’s study that suggests Ohio will save $1.3 billion with Senate Bill 5, which curtails public unions, requires higher contributions to health and retirement benefits and removes pay steps based on longevity. Reporter Aaron Marshall points [...]

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Opponents of SB5 submit petitions

April 5, 2011

By Associated Press COLUMBUS: Opponents of Ohio’s new collective bargaining law have taken the first step in their fight to repeal its limits on public workers’ union rights. Multiple media outlets report that a coalition seeking a referendum to overturn the law submitted about 3,000 petition signatures to state officials on Monday. At least 1,000 [...]

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Police, firefighters outraged

April 1, 2011

Local safety workers to join effort to repeal union law signed by Kasich Published on Friday, Apr 01, 2011 From staff and wire reports Unlike Wisconsin’s high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio’s new law includes police officers and firefighters — who say it threatens their safety and the safety of [...]

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How the House voted on Senate Bill 5

March 31, 2011

After making amendments and declining to table Senate Bill 5, here is how the House voted, according to the House Journal for March 30: The question recurring, “Shall the bill as amended pass?” The yeas and nays were taken and resulted – yeas 53, nays 44, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were: [...]

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Here’s how the Senate voted on SB5

March 31, 2011

From the Senate Journal, here’s how the Senate voted on Senate Bill 5 Wednesday evening after being amended by the House: The question being,”Shall the Senate concur in the House amendments to Am. Sub. S. B. No. 5?” The yeas and nays were taken and resulted – yeas 17, nays 16, as follows: Those who [...]

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Angry audience, angry Batchelder at the House Wednesday

March 31, 2011

After the Ohio House approved Senate Bill 5, opponents in the audience shouted repeatedly as House members attempted to conduct routine business. House Speaker William Batchelder, R-Medina, became angry, swore at one point as a House member asked for a point of privilege to honor a friend, and then made a reference to the departing [...]

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He-said she-said on Senate Bill 5

March 31, 2011

From the Senate Republican caucus: “This bill empowers every Ohio taxpayer with reasonable reforms to the growing cost of government labor,” said Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond). “We’re providing our state and local governments with the same kind of flexibility that families and businesses use every day. By giving public employers the tools to [...]

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Gov. Kasich plans to sign bill limiting union bargaining today

March 31, 2011

Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to sign a bill to limit the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers. Kasich plans to sign it Thursday. The Republican announced his plan in an email to supporters. A spokesman confirmed the bill-signing. The bill was approved Wednesday by the GOP-led state [...]

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Ohio collective bargaining limits prevail; unions vow fight

March 31, 2011

Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio lawmakers have had their chance to vote on a bill limiting collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers across the state. Next will be the public’s turn. Even before the contentious Senate Bill 5 — in some ways tougher than Wisconsin’s — had cleared the Legislature late Wednesday, [...]

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Ohio workers push for contracts amid union fight

March 29, 2011

Associated Press CINCINNATI: Some Ohio public employees whose contracts expire soon have been rushing to finalize new deals before the potential approval of a bill to limit their collective bargaining rights. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the quickened pace lets workers and local governments seek contract details, benefits and concessions that might not be negotiated if [...]

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Ohio gov. pledges big changes to come, unions boo

March 8, 2011

JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) says even bigger changes are coming to Ohio than have been seen over his first seven weeks, when government economic development work was privatized and the Legislature began the process of stripping 350,000 unionized public employees of many bargaining rights. The Republican [...]

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