Labor & Employment Law

Ohio Taxpayers Will Lose Millions Under Kasich Plan

By Tula Connell

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, is willing to cost state taxpayers millions in lost revenue solely to advance their personal political vendetta against working families and their right to bargain for good middle-class jobs. 

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Ohio could lose a significant portion of its $171 million in yearly federal transit money if state legislators adopt a proposal that would curtail collective bargaining powers for transit workers and other public employees.

Federal law forbids the Federal Transit Administration from dispensing money for transit operation, acquisition or improvements without Department of Labor certification that the collective bargaining rights and work conditions of affected transit employees have not been diminished.

Walker’s attacks on the freedom to bargain for nurses, teachers and EMTs would cost Wisconsin taxpayers $50 billion because of the same federal law.
Since when did losing multimillions in taxpayer money help balance a state budget?

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).