Tag: Government Unions

The unions have everything riding on a simple falsehood: unions are for workers, therefore union reform is against workers. What if, in addition to paying themselves six figures in member dues, OEA bosses mistreated their own employees?

If it’s not immediately clear why reality (see source workbook) is devastating to the We Are Ohio campaign, refer back to the group’s name! Their populist banner exists to hide the fact that opposition to union reform is driven by the unions – predominantly from D.C.

In fiscal 2010, Joseph Rugola was paid $243,712 in dues taken from public employees. If “Wall Street values” are the source of Ohio’s problems, what sort of values does Rugola represent?

Spend fifteen seconds reading past the union battle-cry, and it’s clear Senate Bill 5 represents commonsense reforms that will empower taxpayers at the expense of union bosses. Surely, a man who resides in Ohio and writes about politics for a living would know that – which is why the editorial’s title must have been a mistake…

Ballot initiatives always crow about being “citizen-driven” and “bipartisan,” however inaccurate the statement might be. It’s unseemly to say, for instance, “we spent big bucks pestering voters to sign petitions supporting our privileged status.”