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| A record crowd of 1,000 at the Ohio anti-worker hearing |
Record crowds showed up in Ohio's capitol yesterday at a hearing on an anti-union bill filed by Sen. Shannon Jones.
Jones' bill leaves little doubt that she wants to return government workers to the
poverty they lived in before they could form unions. Read the bill; it will take your breath away. According to
Plunderbund, it would, among other things,
- End all collective bargaining rights for state employees;
- Management will pick insurance policies, and employees must cover at least 20 percent of the cost;
- Allow local governments to hire permanent replacement workers during a strike (i.e. “scabs”).
Plunderbund notes Jones voted
against cutting her own salary last year, while Ohio's government workers agreed to pay and benefit cuts.
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| Minnesota workers in the overflow room. |
Meanwhile, today in Minnesota, crowds opposing a right-to-work (for LESS) bill filled a hearing room and are starting to fill up the overflow room. According to the
Edina Patch, the bill, HF 192, is called
...the Reinventing Government Employment Act. The bill aims at restructuring the state employment hierarchy, utilizing a pay freeze for public employees until a future compensation method can be determined, creating a gainsharing system for state employees, removing state contract restrictions and providing state employees with the right to join or not join a union.
And don't forget about the crowds that filled New Hampshire's statehouse last week during a hearing on a right-to-work (for LESS) bill. According to the Manchester Union Leader
A public hearing on the bill Thursday drew a huge crowd of supporters, union opposition and businesses on either side of the bill.
The overwhelming sentiment of those who showed up for the hearing, which ran for more than six hours, was to kill the bill. Of the roughly 300 people on hand, 34 registered in favor of it.
Let's keep it going, brothers and sisters!
