Category Archives: Labor

Ohio Makes Significant Jump In Rankings, but Still Needs Improvement in Annual Rich State, Poor States Report

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Greg R. Lawson

The American Legislative Exchange (ALEC) has just released its annual “Rich States, Poor States” report, in which it ranks all 50 states economic prospects.  Ohio has seen some serious improvement moving from 37 to 26 since last year’s report.  However, …

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Strongsville Teachers’ Strike: Collective Bargaining Run Amok!

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Greg R. Lawson

Ohio’s broken collective bargaining process is showing its true colors again.  A highly compensated group of teachers has engaged in a particularly ugly strike that leaves children in the middle of a heated dispute between a Strongsville School Board that …

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Right to Work “Works”

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

MediaTrackers Ohio has an excellent post highlighting some of the talking points being used by opponents of bringing Right to Work to Ohio.   None of it is surprising given that the group responsible, We are Ohio, receives the vast …

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Michigan Unions Fail to Change Constitution; Will Right to Work Come Knocking?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

A major ballot effort in our neighbor to the north that would have essentially ensconced collective bargaining as a state constitutional right failed to curry favor with voters last night and lost by a wide margin. The loss may also …

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The Myth of the Auto Bailout Jobs

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

Our Visiting Fellow, Andrew Grossman has an excellent op-ed in today’s Washington Examiner.  It echoes the points he raised in our recent Policy Brief on the issue. Contrary to much of what the Obama Administration asserts, an orderly Chapter 11 …

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Westerville to Vote on Repealing Portion of Past Operating Levy

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

According to the Columbus Dispatch, residents of Westerville will have the opportunity this November to repeal 6.71 mills of an 11.4 mill operating levy that was passed back in 2009. A group called Taxpayers for Westerville Schools recently submitted over …

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Indiana Right to Work Already Being Touted by Execs

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

Its time to get serious about workplace freedom in Ohio. For decades, it could always be said that Right to Work wasn’t essential to Ohio since the entire “Rust-Belt” was one long stripe of forced union states.  Ohio was really …

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