There's no stopping union-taming bill: Thomas Suddes (Ohio)

[liberal N proud]

No suspense in this movie: Ohio's GOP-run Senate will, probably this week, pass a bill to crimp the power of unions that represent Ohio public employees, including teachers and cops.

True, Republicans will let state and state university employees keep bargaining collectively, something the GOP originally planned to ban.

Meanwhile, though, a Republican maverick, Sen. Tim Grendell of suburban Cleveland, charges the bill threatens everyone's liberty -- something he says conservative Ohioans need to know. One "for instance":

"The precedent that the legislature can reach in and terminate, interfere with, or negate terms because of economic exigencies opens a Pandora's Box that could . . . a future liberal administration . . . extend this power to other private contractual business relationships. . . . Tea Party and Liberty Council members should be very careful on this issue."

Still, the House, also Republican-led, will also pass the Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Shannon Jones, a suburban Cincinnati Republican. That would send the Jones bill to Republican Gov. John Kasich. He'll sign it. That's not in question. This is:

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/02/theres_no_stopping_union-tamin.html

:cry:

[ananda]

1. This is sad.

Sigh.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Its an opinion piece

and questionably a trail balloon meant to demoralize us

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My Ohioan friends and family have my deep condolences.

This is very sad.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. Gonna happen here in OK too....

...but with the Right to Work bullshit, the unions have already been neutered.