Saturday, April 02, 2011

IN THE U.S. WORKERS BATTLE FOR FORMER RIGHTS NOW BEING THREATENED BY ANTI-UNION PLUTOCRAT GOVERNORS









April 01, 2011



Democrats Vow to Seek Public Referendum as Ohio Enacts Anti-Union Bill

Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that strips collective bargaining rights for more than 360,000 state workers and bars them from striking. Democrats have announced plans to collect some 230,000 signatures in the next 90 days to block immediate implementation of the law and put it to a public referendum on the November ballot. “This idea of government of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations has actually taken hold,” says our guest, Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who represents Ohio’s 10th District. “Unions are one of the last lines of defense against a corporate plutocracy.” [Original w/ transcript]

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