Executive summary: The unions spent several boatloads on dishonest class warfare, and Ohio voters failed to see through it.
Author: Jason Hart
Help Ohio Fight Union Bosses and Obamacare!
Passing Issue 2 would ensure fewer layoffs, fewer tax hikes, fewer service cuts… as well as fewer six-figure union salaries. Any questions as to why AFL-CIO, NEA, AFSCME, and SEIU are dumping millions into a state ballot issue?
Yes on Issue 2 for Teachers, No for Unions (Part 3)
OEA employees have described union bosses as “rife with hypocrisy,” “no better than the scabs,” “every bit as bad as the worst boards of education across the state,” and “hell-bent” on forcing a strike.
Unions Don’t Care About Taxpayers
Did you know the rough-and-tumble business of taking six figures from teachers to demonize school boards and extort taxpayers was like 19th-century Canada? Yeah, neither did I.
Pre-Kasich Deficit Forecasts: The $2000 Club
Shortfalls projected in October 2010 weren’t limited to this list; out of just over 600 districts, 59 warned of deficits amounting to $1,000 or more for every resident. 260 districts estimated 2015 deficits amounting to $500 or more per resident.
OEA Employee Describes Effects of a Strike
In both 2009 and 2010, Ohio’s largest government union fought over contract terms with more than 100 of their employees. Ohio Education Association (OEA) bosses rake in millions, but that doesn’t mean they like handing out the same benefits they demand from you!
OEA Employee: “OEA continues to propose a regressive package”
The union bosses behind We Are Ohio claim they’re concerned about the “unfair, unsafe” reforms in Senate Bill 5. When it comes to mistreating employees, the front group’s biggest donor would know!
BOMBSHELL: Employees have “No confidence” in teachers’ union boss
There’s something union front We Are Ohio doesn’t want you to know about their largest donor, the Ohio Education Association: OEA has such a history of internal strife, it’s tough not to conclude OEA bosses are awful managers.
Yes on Issue 2 for Teachers, No for Unions (Part 2)
How do we know passing Issue 2 will hurt public employees? Because union bosses – who, coincidentally, are wealthy because of Ohio’s broken status quo – say so.
Alternative to Issue 2? $1500 Local Deficits
In 2010, just over 600 school districts submitted five-year forecasts to the Ohio Department of Education. More than 450 districts forecast deficits amounting to at least $100 per resident.