Extreme anti-worker lawmakers are at it again. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) has pledged to attack bargaining rights again as we enter a new legislative session. His newest attack on workers is called Senate Bill 1, formerly known as Senate Bill 83.
It is the largest attack on collective bargaining rights since Senate Bill 5, affecting 13 campus unions and roughly 10,000 union members.
Senate Bill 1 limits collective bargaining subjects that are key to the terms and conditions of employment for unionized full-time faculty at Ohio’s public colleges and universities. These bills go even further by prohibiting faculty from being able to strike, one of organized labor’s most sacred rights. These anti-labor provisions are deliberate attempts to silence the voices of over 10,000 union workers who are dedicated to their profession and will educate the next generation of Ohio leaders and help drive Ohio’s research economy.
It is a direct attack on Ohio workers. And don’t be fooled. They will not stop at Ohio’s public colleges and universities. This is part of their plan to dismantle collective bargaining rights for every worker in Ohio.
We Are Ohio will continue to fight back against any and all attacks on the rights of working people. Jerry Cirino is bitter that Senate Bill 83 didn’t make it and now he’s come up with Senate Bill 1 – well, we have a message for him: He can keep trying, and we will keep fighting back. We refuse to roll over.
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