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SB 5 Talking Points - 3 views

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SB5 pros

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  • school salaries would be dictated by state politicians and education bureaucrats
  • taking unions out of the picture will make it easier for politicians to lay off employees and cut funding for schools across Ohio
  • Collective bargaining allows educators
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  • a voice in improving opportunities for Ohio’s students, better classroom resources and improved teaching and learning conditions.
  • Holly Walter on 15 Sep 11
     
    Talks about the consequences of SB5, pros of repeal
Holly Walter

Myths vs. Truth | Building a Better Ohio - 5 views

www.betterohio.org/myths-vs-truth

SB5 Myths Truth

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  • now consume as much as 80 percent of local budgets
  • They enjoy the old system that gives union bosses – instead of you, the taxpayer – control of our schools and services
  • Employees would
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  • be asked to pay
  • share of their benefits
  • For health care coverage, they would pay at least 15% of their overall plan
  • pay less than 9%
  • currently
  • employees would be required to pay
  • share of a retirement plan
  • 10%),
  • Issue 2
  • affects government employees who pay less than 15 percent of their taxpayer-funded health care premium
  • The new law requires all government employees to pay at least 15 percent
  • pay an average of 31 percen
  • private sector workers
  • reform won't
  • impact state employees
  • Government employees will
  • still get
  • pension benefit – an annual
  • payment that averages their three highest annual salaries.
  • State Issue 2
  • ends a practice where some government union contracts require taxpayers to pick up the tab for
  • the employer AND employee shares of a required pension contribution.
  • Issue 2
  • says government employees should pay their required
  • share (10 percent) and taxpayers will contribute the employer share (14 percent).
  • ends the practice of handing out automatic pay raises
  • performance be added as a factor in teacher compensation
  • Ohio's state and local tax burden ranks among the top third in the nation
  • Issue 2
  • expands that restriction to all state and local government employees
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Lists several myths about SB5, as well as the truth about them
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    Is 15% really that much to pay for health care coverage? And is this treating public employees unfairly? I'm not really sure that it's safe to say the treatment is poor. After all, teachers will still be allowed to teach their students. Maybe the important question to look at here is, what's the worth of education to the American society? What's the worth of public employees to the American society? Is this an issue of under appreciation, and if so, how can we possibly improve the population's view of public workers? I forget, many times, how dangerous the jobs of police and firefighters are. Before college, I never even valued or recognized the importance of teachers. Being taken for granted and under-appreciated cannot necessarily be connected to lower pay and benefits, though. I think teachers should still be expected, regardless of this situation, to give their students the greatest education that they possibly can. And if we're talking about heroes, think about superheroes: don't they all have alternative and hidden identities? Are they paid for what they do, or do they do it for the benefit of positive change? People need to make a living, but people need to live for each other, as well. And if you're still being recognized and paid for a position, isn't that what really matters?
Holly Walter

Ohio Senate Bill 5 passes, restricting unions - CBS News - 1 views

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SB5 Pros

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  • bargaining rights
  • reduced
  • strikes
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  • banned
  • squeaked through the state Senate on a 17-16 vote
  • The Ohio bill would ban strikes by public workers and establish penalties for those who do participate
  • in walkouts
  • workers could negotiate wages, hours
  • certain work conditions
  • health care, sick time or pension benefits
  • elected officials the
  • final say in contract disagreements
  • Binding arbitration
  • Polls indicate national public opinion favors unions in the dispute.
  • 60 percent to 33 percent
  • would be eliminated
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    CBS coverage about initial reactions to SB5
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    It is worrisome, yes. However, there will always be political disputes concerning any public job. I worry about becoming a teacher, but for a lot more reasons than the right to strike and negotiate. But there are so many more aspects to the job, aren't there? What if we worried more about the actual content, the students in our classrooms, and our effectiveness as leaders and collaborators in the classroom? Perhaps we, as future teachers, should invest less in the political game, and more into our own teaching abilities. Shouldn't people who are going into this field realize that it's a self-sacrificing job, and that ultimately, they should be focused on the education their students?
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