Five conservative health policy experts disputed a widely cited study claiming Ohio would save $1.4 billion from 2014-2022 by expanding Medicaid eligibility. Opportunity Ohio published their comments on January 18, following positive coverage of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO) study at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch, and elsewhere. “The Urban Institute says expanding Medicaid will cost… Continue reading Conservative Health Policy Experts Warn Against Medicaid Expansion
Author: Jason Hart
The Deadly Truth About Workplace Freedom
The Ohio Education Association (OEA), union campaign arm We Are Ohio, and other labor groups hope to convince Ohioans that workplace freedom kills workers. Ohio union bosses are desperate to keep mandatory union dues in place across the state following the December 2012 adoption of a right to work law in neighboring Michigan. Confronted with evidence that letting workers choose… Continue reading The Deadly Truth About Workplace Freedom
Teachers Union Desperate, Delusional Due to Workplace Freedom Campaign
Absurd Ohio Education Association (OEA) talking points show the union’s desperation to obscure the truth about workplace freedom, which would allow Ohio teachers to opt out of paying the dues that make OEA bosses wealthy and powerful. The image shown at left, posted by OEA to the union’s Facebook page on January 5, 2013, is one… Continue reading Teachers Union Desperate, Delusional Due to Workplace Freedom Campaign
Union Billboard: “Workplace Freedom Act Poisons Workers”
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 18, a Cleveland-based labor union, has purchased at least one billboard on State Route 315 in Columbus reading “Workplace Freedom Act poisons workers.” With its text flanked on both sides by skull-and-crossbones “POISON” symbols, the billboard stands as testament to one of the reasons Governor John Kasich… Continue reading Union Billboard: “Workplace Freedom Act Poisons Workers”
Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Union campaign committee We Are Ohio embraced the narrative that workplace freedom is racist following the sudden passage of a right to work law in Michigan. In a series of posts through late December, We Are Ohio directed its 110,000 Facebook fans to stories variously depicting workplace freedom supporters as Ku Klux Klan members and describing workplace… Continue reading Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
The Ohio Education Association (OEA) recently added a “Why No Rights at Work is Wrong” page of retooled We Are Ohio propaganda to the union’s website, which is paid for with mandatory union dues. Based on the cartoonish talking points against workplace freedom, OEA bosses don’t think teachers are terribly bright. A Media Trackers analysis of each union… Continue reading Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
Meet the Bosses: National Education Association
Dennis Van Roekel was paid $389,620 in fiscal year 2012 as president of the National Education Association (NEA), America’s largest labor union. Van Roekel was one of 14 NEA bosses paid more than $250,000 with dues taken from teachers in Ohio and other forced-unionism states as a condition of employment. Based on union filings with the… Continue reading Meet the Bosses: National Education Association
Meet the Bosses: Ohio Education Association
Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Patricia Frost-Brooks was paid $267,916 in dues taken from Ohio teachers during fiscal year 2012, according to the union’s latest staff and officer data submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. More than a hundred OEA employees and officers were paid six figures during the same period, as the union gave $77,500… Continue reading Meet the Bosses: Ohio Education Association
Workplace Freedom in Michigan Ups the Ante for Ohio
Michigan became the second workplace freedom state neighboring Ohio on December 11, less than a year after Indiana implemented right to work. The abrupt, lame-duck passage of “freedom to work” legislation by Michigan’s Republican-controlled state legislature and Governor Rick Snyder prompted renewed speculation that Ohio needs to follow suit to stay competitive. Already union front We Are Ohio… Continue reading Workplace Freedom in Michigan Ups the Ante for Ohio
Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. We Are Ohio recently published an infographic of AFL-CIO talking points from 2002, presenting decade-old union spin against workplace freedom as current facts. The infographic, which contains four claims and lists no source, is easily debunked with public records and an understanding of what “right to work”… Continue reading Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic