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Title: Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits
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Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic ... /11/08/national/a181858S00.DTL
Published: Nov 8, 2011
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2011-11-08 21:31:08 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 6706
Comments: 16
(11-08) 18:24 PST Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- The state's new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment. In a political blow to GOP Gov. John Kasich, voters handily rejected the law, which would have limited the bargaining abilities of 350,000 unionized public workers. Labor and business interests poured more than $30 million into the nationally watched campaign, and turnout was high for an off-year election. The law hadn't taken effect yet. Tuesday's result means the state's current union rules will stand, at least until the GOP-controlled Legislature determines its next move. Republican House Speaker William Batchelder predicted last week that the more palatable elements of the collective bargaining bill — such as higher minimum contributions on worker health insurance and pensions — are likely to be revisited after the dust settles. Earlier this year, thousands of people swarmed the Statehouse in protest when the bill was being heard. The bill still allowed bargaining on wages, working conditions and some equipment but banned strikes, scrapped binding arbitration and dropped promotions based solely on seniority, among other provisions. Kasich and fellow supporters promoted the law as a means for local governments to save money and keep workers. Their effort was supported by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business-Ohio, farmers and others. We Are Ohio, the largely union-funded opponent coalition, painted the issue as a threat to public safety and middle-class workers, spending millions of dollars on TV ads filled with images of firefighters, police officers, teachers and nurses. Celebrities came out on both sides of the campaign, with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and singer Pat Boone urging voters to retain the law and former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and the Rev. Jesse Jackson urging them to scrap it. Labor and business interests poured more than $30 million into the nationally watched campaign, with the law's opponents far outspending and outnumbering its defenders. Opponents reported raising $24 million as of mid-October, compared to about $8 million raised by the committee supporting the law, Building a Better Ohio. Tuesday's result in the closely divided swing state was expected to resonate from statehouses to the White House ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Ohio's bill went further than a similar one in Wisconsin by including police officers and firefighters, and it was considered by many observers to be a barometer of the national mood on the political conundrum of the day: What's the appropriate size and role of government, and who should pay for it? Kasich has vowed not to give up his fight for streamlining government despite the loss. For opponents of the law, its defeat is anticipated to energize the labor movement, which largely supports Democrats, ahead of President Barack Obama's re-election effort. ___ Associated Press writers Ann Sanner in Columbus and Lisa Cornwell in Cincinnati contributed to this report.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Dead people usually vote pro-union.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Mississippi. "personhood" law goes down in flames too. Not a good night to be a lunatic Republican.
"Herman Cain's Jobs plan doesn't involve giving you a job. It involves you giving him one... "
Chuckles...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Chuckles... Ohio Voters Reject Democrat-Backed ObozoCare individual mandate - Issue 3 Chuckles.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... I believe individual mandates are unconstitutional when instituted by any level government. Chuckles...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
The fact this issue was on the ballot means conservatives in Ohio are playing offence. Keep it up.
The members of the UAW and Teamsters have been duped into believing that paper pushing government bureaucrats and tenured government monopoly school "teachers" are somehow their union allies. They are not. The GOP has done a really lousy job explaining to private sector union members why growing and failed government institutions are a determent to their jobs and their children's future. Private sector union members have shot themselves in the foot by kowtowing to the government bureaucrats.
I believe individual mandates are unconstitutional when instituted by any level government. Chuckles... It looks like some of the circuit court judges disagree with you, 2 out of 3 said the mandate was legal!!!! It seems everyone has a different opinion of what is and isn't legal..... Hence the need for Issue 3.... www.nationalreview.com/cr.../ruling-proves-obamacare- opponents-should-rely-politics-not-courts-jeffrey-
"CHANGE" you can step in..... offence...... Thunderbird...... what's that price?
States cannot undo federal law. That is settled law.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
That is settled law. Then I guess the Supreme Court ruling on this sometime next year will decide if it's legal or illegal.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... Yep.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Yep. Nope. We already know it's illegal. The SCOTUS will decide whether or not we're stuck with another unconstitutional law.
Not that they've made a habit of looking into the already gazillion unconstitutional laws we've seen hit the books during the Boosh-Kenyan regimes.
I dunno.... Jameson.... Whats the frequency?
Good point...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits
#4. To: war (#3)
Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!! Number of shallow, inadequate, hypocritical Leftards who have me on BOZO---3.......... That means I'm doing my job correctly !!!!!!!!!
#5. To: CZ82 (#4)
Ohio Voters Reject Democrat-Backed ObozoCare individual mandate - Issue 3
#6. To: Ohio voters (#0)
#7. To: Brian S (#0)
(Edited)
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire (1764)
#8. To: war (#5)
Ohio Voters Reject Democrat-Backed ObozoCare individual mandate - Issue 3
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!! Number of shallow, inadequate, hypocritical Leftards who have me on BOZO---3.......... That means I'm doing my job correctly !!!!!!!!!
#9. To: Thunderbird (#6)
conservatives in Ohio are playing offence
#10. To: CZ82 (#8)
#11. To: war (#10)
States cannot undo federal law.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!! Number of shallow, inadequate, hypocritical Leftards who have me on BOZO---3.......... That means I'm doing my job correctly !!!!!!!!!
#12. To: CZ82 (#11)
#13. To: CZ82, war (#11)
Then I guess the Supreme Court ruling on this sometime next year will decide if it's legal or illegal.....
#14. To: We The People, CZ82, war (#13)
The SCOTUS will decide whether or not we're stuck with another unconstitutional law.
#15. To: Jameson (#9)
#16. To: We The People (#13)
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