aGameOfThrones
03-15-2011, 04:53 PM
CURBING UNIONS
Republicans in Ohio and other states argue that curbs on public sector unions, which are expected to pass Ohio's legislature this month, are essential to tighten stressed budgets.
Ohio's bill contains provisions that prohibit strikes by public employees, give local governments power to settle disputes, and limit collective bargaining on health care and other benefits for 300,000 teachers, police, and other workers.
Democrats say the measures amount to union-busting and are aimed at gutting a key Democratic constituency in the industrial state of 11.5 million people which has proved to be crucial in recent presidential elections.
The Ohio measure follows a law enacted in Wisconsin last week despite large protests there.
Demonstrations were also planned across the nation on Tuesday to protest Republican efforts to trim tens of billions of dollars from the federal budget, which would cost some 700,000 workers their jobs, according to the liberal group MoveOn.org.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-usa-ohio-budget-idUSTRE72E6X520110315
Republicans in Ohio and other states argue that curbs on public sector unions, which are expected to pass Ohio's legislature this month, are essential to tighten stressed budgets.
Ohio's bill contains provisions that prohibit strikes by public employees, give local governments power to settle disputes, and limit collective bargaining on health care and other benefits for 300,000 teachers, police, and other workers.
Democrats say the measures amount to union-busting and are aimed at gutting a key Democratic constituency in the industrial state of 11.5 million people which has proved to be crucial in recent presidential elections.
The Ohio measure follows a law enacted in Wisconsin last week despite large protests there.
Demonstrations were also planned across the nation on Tuesday to protest Republican efforts to trim tens of billions of dollars from the federal budget, which would cost some 700,000 workers their jobs, according to the liberal group MoveOn.org.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-usa-ohio-budget-idUSTRE72E6X520110315