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Good news from Ohio, where union supporters have moved strongly against attempts by Gov. John Kasich to follow Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's attempts to strip state employees of collective bargaining rights. Walker's bill to do that has just become state law, and Kasich's is expected to follow shortly - unless labor can block it.
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Good news from Ohio, where union supporters have moved strongly against attempts by Gov. John Kasich to follow Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's attempts to strip state employees of collective bargaining rights. Walker's bill to do that has just become state law, and Kasich's is expected to follow shortly - unless labor can block it.
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Good news this week in Ohio, where there was a major move against attempts to strip public employees of their union rights . . . just as there was earlier in Wisconsin, where the movement against public employees got its start a few months ago.
The Ohio demonstration in behalf of union rights on Tuesday was spectacular. And I don't use that word lightly. It involved what was quite accurately called "a People's Parade."
More than six thousand workers, plus fire engines, a drum corps and bagpipers marched down the main street of Ohio's capital of Columbus. But most important was a semi-truck that accompanied them. It was filled with more than a million petitions signed by Ohio citizens. They called for repeal of Republican Governor John Kasich's bill –-S.B. 5 – that eliminates the collective bargaining rights of more than 350,000 of Ohio's public employees.
231,000 signatures were need...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Commentator Dick Meister says new moves are being made in the struggle against attempts to strip public employees of their union rights.
OUTRO:Dick Meister is a veteran labor and political journalist.
