House Democratic
Leaders Respond to Flurry of Proposed Anti-worker
Restrictions
Ohio House Democratic Leader Fred Strahorn (D-Dayton) and
Democratic Assistant Whip Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati) issued
the following joint statement last week in response to six
proposed anti-worker state constitutional amendments:
“Taxpayers expect us to work together to increase
opportunity and create jobs with wages and benefits that can
sustain a family. These anti-worker, anti-family
restrictions will do the exact opposite. Dangerous, divisive
bills like these will only push our economy further out of
balance and make people more poor and less safe on the job.”
The restrictions, introduced by state Rep. John Becker (R-
Union Township), range from Right-to-Work-is-Wrong for
public and private sector workers to outlawing project labor
agreements, or terms and conditions of construction projects
that encourage careers in the skilled trades and ensure
projects are completed on time and under budget.
Over 2 million Ohio taxpayers overwhelmingly rejected
similar attacks on working people in 2011, handing the
Republican legislature a 62 to 38-percent defeat at the
ballot box with a citizen-led repeal of Senate Bill 5.
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