Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Ohio union busting bill headed for the trash can
There has been a huge amount of activity on the electoral veto of Ohio's SB 5 and the latest polling shows strong sentiment to throw it out. The latest PPP poll has repeal ahead by 56-36.
The fact that “No” on Issue 2 was the pro-union side was bound to lead to a little confusion in the early going, but that’s been sorted out. Ohioans are strongly behind worker rights, and they are poised to pummel John Kasich’s plan in a couple weeks. This is why Kasich begged labor to come to the bargaining table a couple months ago – interesting that the man who wanted to eliminate collective bargaining rights suddenly wanted to bargain – to work out a deal on SB 5. He knew that, even with the polls trending slightly in his direction, that he would not be able to convince the public that police and fire fighters and public employees should be denied their rights.Gov. Kasich's numbers show the people would also like to throw out the "baby" with the bath water.
PPP has Kasich at 37% approval less than a year into his term, by the way, and he loses a hypothetical rematch with former Gov. Ted Strickland by 54-40.
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