In the Ohio General Election on Tuesday, Ohioans voted by a margin of 61% to 39% to repeal Senate Bill 5. The highly-contentious legislation passed in Ohio last summer would have made sweeping changes to Ohio collective bargaining law applicable to workers in the public sector.
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Governor Kasich Signs Senate Bill 5 – Referendum Battle Expected
By Porter Wright on
On March 3, 2011, I wrote a blog post about Senate Bill 5 which had just been passed by the Ohio Senate. S.B. 5 makes sweeping changes to the law of collective bargaining as it applies to public sector employees in Ohio. S.B. 5 has since been amended, was recently passed by the Ohio House and…
Governor-Elect Kasich to Take on Public Sector Unions
By Porter Wright on
There is a common perception that many employees in the public sector enjoy wages and benefits higher than those paid for comparable jobs in the private sector. Regardless of how accurate that perception is, there is no question that the budgets of government employers around the State and around the country are stretched now to a…