Ohio union law ballot issue faces Monday deadline
Associated Press
Published: August 29, 2011 - 12:42 PM
COLUMBUS: The deadline for removing a repeal question on Ohio’s contentious collective bargaining law from the fall ballot was expected to pass Monday without fanfare, positioning voters to decide the fate of the law in November.
Passing the deadline wouldn’t prevent Republican leaders and opponents of the law from reaching a deal later to change or toss out the legislation, though that’s seen as unlikely.
Defenders of the law scored another endorsement Monday in what has already become a daily volley, when the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants backed the measure.
Signed by Gov. John Kasich in March, the law bans public employees from striking and restricts collective bargaining rights for more than 350,000 teachers, police officers, state employees and other public workers.
We Are Ohio rejects SB5 compromise talks
Published: Monday, August 29, 2011
Updated: Monday, August 29, 2011 15:08
Time is running out for negotiation on Senate Bill 5 after last week's proposed meeting between top Ohio Republican lawmakers and state union leaders failed to materialize.
Efforts to compromise on some of the contentious issues surrounding the bill were announced last Wednesday in a letter from Gov. John Kasich's office that was sent to the group aiming to repeal the bill, We Are Ohio.
Kasich, along with co-authors Senate President Tom Niehaus and House Speaker Bill Batchelder, stated the need to find "common ground" and referred to the debt ceiling debate in Washington several weeks ago as an example of the ramifications caused by political stubbornness.
The letter asked for 10 union leaders affiliated with We Are Ohio to meet with Republican lawmakers on Friday, Aug. 19, and required those attending to confirm their attendance by the end of the business day on Aug. 18.
But the only confirmation that the Office of the Governor received was a firm rejection from We Are Ohio.
3:14 pm, Aug 30, 2011 | Written by cweiser
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Green Township Republican, who resigned his seat as an Ohio representative following his DUI arrest in Indiana, pleaded guilty last week to drunk driving from an April incident that cost him his political career.
Here’s the release from the Ohio House Speaker:
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