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The Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal appeared on the November 8, 2011 general election ballot in the state of Ohio as a veto referendum.Senate Bill 5 (SB5) was repealed by Ohio voters after a campaign by firefighters, police officers and teachers against the measure, [1] which would have limited collective bargaining for public employees in the state.
In February 2011, a series of public employee protests began in the United States against proposed legislation which would weaken the power of labor unions.By March, eighteen states had proposed legislation which would remove some collective bargaining powers from unions, along with another five states which proposed legislation which would negatively affect unions. [1]
] With over two million signatures, the petition put the Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal on the November 2011 ballot, where it passed with more than 60% of the vote. [56] Strickland became a resident fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics in spring 2012. [57]
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Ohio Senate Bill 5 Voter Referendum, Issue 2, proposed Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal in 2011; Texas Senate Bill 5, an anti-abortion bill in the Texas State Senate filibustered by Wendy Davis; Texas Senate Bill 5 (85th Legislature), a voter-ID bill
The unions' attorney argued that the 2011 law should be struck down because it creates unconstitutional exemptions for firefighters and other public safety workers. Attorneys for the Legislature ...
Beck, resulting in "Beck rights" preventing agency fees from being used for expenses outside of collective bargaining if the non-union worker notifies the union of their objection. [21] The right to challenge the fees must include the right to have it heard by an impartial fact finder. [22]
Among those that attracted the most attention were an Ohio referendum that repealed legislation that limits collective bargaining for public employees, and a failed constitutional amendment in Mississippi that would have defined "personhood" as beginning at the fertilization of an embryo.