Dennis Kucinich calls for Ohio union busting bill to be ‘crushed’

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Source: RawReplay
By Eric W. Dolan
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for the repeal of Senate Bill 5 on Monday during a speech at the AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade in Parma Heights, OH.

“Senate Bill 5 needs to be defeated,” he said. “But not just defeated, it needs to be crushed.”

The new law restricts the collective-bargaining rights of public employees. The pro-labor coalition We Are Ohio delivered nearly 1.3 million signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in June to repeal it, placing the law on the November 8 ballot.

“And let me tell you,” Kucinich continued,” the fundamental rights in a democratic society are that workers must have a right to organize, must have a right to collective bargaining, must have a right to strike, must have a right to decent wages and benefits, must have a right to a secure retirement, and those rights are being taken away in this state of Ohio.”

Watch video, uploaded to YouTube on September 5, 2011, below

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/dennis-kucinich-calls-for-ohio-union-busting-bill-to-be-crushed/

[senseandsensibility]

1. K and R

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[Deep13]

2. Agreed and if Ds want to keep their union funding...

...we'll see more of this. I know my Congresswoman, Betty Sutton, in Ohio's 13th dist., is a former union organizer and vocal critic of the right wing agenda.

[tblue]

5. The Dem reps from Ohio and the state gov't are probably all on board.

The national Democratic party, not so much. A little too hands-off for my taste.

[Little Star]

3. k&r

[Omaha Steve]

4. Four years ago he wasn't on my radar

Today I'd vote for him for President. He has one issue I don't agree with, but I can live with it.

K&R!