The Union busting States other than Wisconsin

[cali]

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OHIO: Ohio's bill goes farther than Wisconsin's, prohibiting collective bargaining for 42,000 state workers plus 19,500 college system workers. For local governments, bargaining with unions representing some 300,000 workers including police, firefighters, and public school teachers, the bill takes healthcare and some other benefits out of the negotiating process. It denies them the right to strike.

The bill passed the Senate March 1. The Ohio House of Representatives will hold at least one more week of hearings on the bill, according to the spokesman for Republican speaker William G. Batchelder. A date for a vote has not been set. Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich has said he supports the measure.

* IDAHO: The Idaho state legislature has approved a bill to limit collective bargaining by public school teachers. The measure restricts collective bargaining to salaries and benefits, removing from negotiations such provisions as class sizes, teacher workload and promotions. Republican Governor Bruce Otter was expected to sign it into law quickly.

* IOWA: The state House of Representatives is debating a bill curbing collective bargaining rights for public workers that was passed by the labor committee. The bill would exclude health insurance from the scope of collective bargaining, along with other changes. Democrats who control the Senate said they do not intend to bring the bill up for debate.

* MICHIGAN: Both chambers of the Michigan legislature have approved measures to give the state emergency powers to break union contracts to revive failing schools and cities. There are slight differences between the bills passed by the two chambers which must be reconciled. New Republican Governor Rick Snyder has said he supports the measure.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/10/us-unions-states-idUSTRE72989920110310

[FBaggins]

1. Sorry... I missed that you beat me to it.

I thought I searched well enough.

My comments from the other thread -

I can't believe that they can't see this as a dangerous move after how "we the people" have responded in WI.

I've seen a few reports here (and wondered whether all the attention on WI might be distracting the public), but I haven't seen a list laid out like this.

The following are nine states where curbs on union power are under consideration:

* WISCONSIN
* OHIO
* IDAHO
* IOWA
* MICHIGAN
* INDIANA
* NEW HAMPSHIRE
* KANSAS
* TENNESSEE

...snip... See the link for details from each state.

* OTHER STATES: Limits on public worker collective bargaining have been introduced in several other states as of last week, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. These include Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Washington, Alaska and Arizona.

[pinkkillersheep]

2. Ohio

Thank you for pointing out that the Ohio bill (SB 5) is actually worse than the Wisconsin one. Wish we had the kind of protesting that's in Wisconsin. Hopefully it'll come when Kasich reveals the budget on Tuesday. A lot of people are standing in the way of his bus, and he isn't slowing down.

[ej510]

3. Republicans must be having a wet dream right now.

[FBaggins]

5. Yeah... but I don't get that.

I understand why WI republicans forced this through. They had already run into the buzzsaw of public opinion and it was too late to rescue themselves. Might as well take the political win while you've got the chance (you're going to pay the price anyway)...


...but some of these states could still back down before it hurt them.

[2Design]

4. wherever there are republicans it is union busting