What Ohio vote means for teachers nationwide

11-09-2011

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Ohio voters just gave public school teachers something they haven’t received in a while — respect — by overwhelmingly approving a referendum to repeal a law that limited the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees. Voters made it clear to their Republican governor, John Kasich, that they don’t like the law he signed in March, known as Senate Bill 5, which, among many provisions, restricted the bargaining rights for more than 350,000 public employees in Ohio, banned strikes and eliminated teacher step pay increases. Voters collected more than a million signatures to start the process to put the referendum on the ballot, and then on Tuesday voted almost 2 to 1 to get rid of the unpopular law. It was a rare victory in these tough financial times for the unions that represent teachers and other public-sector workers and which fought hard against SB5. (more...)

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