Rejected

Ohio Governor John Kasich made passage of Senate Bill 5 (his signature law restricting public sector employees collective bargaining rights and the right to strike) his first priority after the Republican sweep in the 2010 elections. The reaction by labor and its allies has been swift and overwhelming. They gathered almost a million signatures to place a referendum on the ballot. Yesterday the repeal referendum (in which a yes vote was a vote for SB 5) was defeated resoundingly. Governor Kasich seems to understand.