"Ohio voters to decide fate of union law" by Ann Sanner, Associated Press / July 22, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio voters will get to decide in November whether to repeal the state’s new collective bargaining law, which would let public worker unions negotiate wages but not health care, sick time, or pension benefits.
Or rigged machines will.
The state’s elections chief said yesterday that opponents had gathered enough valid signatures to put the question before voters. The measure is now suspended from taking effect until voters have their say.
The law signed in late March by Governor John Kasich, a Republican, affects more than 350,000 public workers, including police officers, firefighters, teachers, and state employees. Aside from restricting bargaining, it bans strikes and gets rid of automatic pay increases, replacing them with merit raises or performance pay.
Maybe you could get a bonus like the bankers, teacher!
The group We Are Ohio delivered more than 1.3 million signatures to Secretary of State Jon Husted, though the opponents needed roughly 231,000 valid signatures to get the question on the ballot. Husted said more than 915,000 of the signatures were valid.
In a landslide like that rigged machines will not work.
The opponents’ successful campaign proves that the legislation was “a bad bill that was passed by extreme politicians who are out of touch with hardworking Ohioans,’’ said Melissa Fazekas, a spokeswoman for We Are Ohio.
As is the whole political and elite class.
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