If you live in Ohio you are well aware that the voters overturned SB5. Unfortunately, you might not know that Gov. Kasich, the Republicans, the Tea Party Republicans, and far right Koch-supported organizations are waiting to bring up right to work legislation again.
This past summer, organizations were in Ohio talking up putting an end to unions.
ToledoBlade reports that ALEC supported groups, and Vincent Vernuccio of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, have been touring Ohio and organizing their next anti-union campaign. Teachers, firefighters, police, nurses, state workers, and their families and friends should be prepared for the next legislation to curb workers' rights. If Kasich is re-elected, we can be certain that he and his minions will try an SB5 type move again.
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Channel 4 in Columbus has and update on marriage equality in Ohio:
A new poll commissioned by an organization that promotes the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ohio shows that Ohio voters are split down the middle on the issue.
In 2004, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.
Freedom to Marry – Ohio, the group gathering signatures on petitions to repeal and replace the ban, says a new poll indicates Ohioans have changed their stance....
This is an active, ongoing campaign in Ohio, with many people supporting marriage equality.
Most
state right-to-work laws were enacted in the 1940s and 1950s. But
businesses and conservative lawmakers, working through groups such as
the American Legislative Exchange Council, have mounted a new push as
union membership has dwindled and the competition for jobs has
intensified among states.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/12/18/Quest-to-restrict-union-fees-targets-3-new-states.html#vBcZgjdF8t4GzgMu.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/12/18/Quest-to-restrict-union-fees-targets-3-new-states.html#vBcZgjdF8t4GzgMu.99
Most
state right-to-work laws were enacted in the 1940s and 1950s. But
businesses and conservative lawmakers, working through groups such as
the American Legislative Exchange Council, have mounted a new push as
union membership has dwindled and the competition for jobs has
intensified among states.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/12/18/Quest-to-restrict-union-fees-targets-3-new-states.html#vBcZgjdF8t4GzgMu.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/12/18/Quest-to-restrict-union-fees-targets-3-new-states.html#vBcZgjdF8t4GzgMu.99