by James Parks, Mar 1, 2011
More than 20,000 people turned out for a rally outside the state Capitol in Columbus, Ohio, today as the state legislature began hearings on Gov. John Kasich’s onerous anti-worker bill known as Senate Bill 5 or S.B. 5. The bill would, among other things, take away the freedom of public employees to bargain collectively for good middle-class jobs.
Will Klatt, a student at Ohio Sate University who wants to become a teacher, said he spoke at the rally because:
all across the county workers and students are being attacked. We need a united front to win the struggle ahead. The tuition hikes many states are implementing is going to make attending college unattainable for many working class students. We need to become partners with our union brothers and sisters if we are to win the struggle ahead.