Ohio House to vote on collective bargaining limits

[liberal N proud]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio bill that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers was poised for a vote before the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday, one of its final hurdles before the measure goes to the governor.

The vote comes a day after a legislative committee approved changes to make the bill even tougher for unions. Met with chants of "Shame on you!" from nearby protesters, the GOP-backed revisions greased the measure for what was expected to be smooth passage in the House.

The Senate, also controlled by Republicans, narrowly passed the bill on a 17-16 vote this month. It would have to agree to the revisions before Gov. John Kasich could sign it into law.

Kasich, a first-term Republican, supports the proposal and is comfortable with the changes, his spokesman said.

Contentious debates over restricting collective bargaining have popped up in statehouses across the country, most notably in Wisconsin, where the governor signed into law this month a bill eliminating most of state workers' collective bargaining rights. That measure exempts police officers and firefighters; Ohio's does not.

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Voters remorse:
I saw a local news segment on this last night, they were interviewing a protester who admitted voting for the Kasich. The guy said this: "He never campaigned on this"