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Dayton Daily NewsMore than 200 representatives from local unions, community and religious groups opposed to the passage of Senate Bill 5 gathered in the auditorium of Teamsters Local 957 Monday night to rally support for a referendum on the November ballot.
The rally was one of more than 1,000 labor events across the country commemorating the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn., where he had gone to stand with striking sanitation workers. “If he was alive today he would have put on his marching shoes. He would be here with us,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, an economics professor at Wright State University and chief negotiator for the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
Representatives from the Dayton Education Association, the local United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the Dayton NAACP, and local government also spoke against the bill, which was introduced by Sen. Shannon Jones, R-Clearcreek Twp. and restricts public employee collective bargaining.
Nancy Kramer, a member of the newly formed Wives of Miami Valley Law Enforcement group, said the passing of SB 5, which was signed into law Thursday, affects everyone in the community and jeopardizes the safety of not just law enforcement officers, but everyone they serve. “If you call 911, you may not get the response you need because staffing levels have been cut,” she said.
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