Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Published: January 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/business/04labor.html?_r=1&hp
A few samples: Many of the state officials pushing for union-related changes say they want to restore some balance, arguing that unions have become too powerful, skewing political campaigns with their large war chests and throwing state budgets off kilter with their expensive pension plans. .... ....Of all the new governors, John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, appears to be planning the most comprehensive assault against unions. He is proposing to take away the right of 14,000 state-financed child care and home care workers to unionize. He also wants to ban strikes by teachers, much the way some states bar strikes by the police and firefighters..... ....Naomi Walker, the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s director of state government relations, said many voters would oppose the antiunion efforts. "I think folks in these states are going to ask whether this is the right time to weaken unions when corporations are amassing more power than ever," she said. "We've been fighting against privatizing Social Security and sending jobs offshore and to get the best deal for the unemployed. It would be a lot easier for Republicans if unions weren't there to throw up these roadblocks." Ed
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