Posted on 11/10/2011 9:29:33 PM PST by Hunton Peck
Democrats and unions are hailing Tuesday's vote to repeal an Ohio law curbing collective-bargaining protections as the sign of an invigorated movement that could boost Democrats next fall.
That is, if they've got enough fight left in them.
The campaign to overturn the Republican-approved union law cost unions and their supporters millions of dollars. It followed another costly campaign in Wisconsin to recall state Republicans behind that state's anti-union law. And it precedes a new fight in Wisconsin to recall GOP Gov. Scott Walker.
With millions of dollars going from union coffers to preserve union benefits and protections, and punish those who oppose them, it's unclear whether the money and energy will be fully focused on President Obama's election campaign in 2012 -- as well as countless congressional races.
"They're tapped out," Republican strategist Ron Bonjean argued. "They're spending most of the dues on defending themselves."
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While the campaign was costly, the unions' victory could help their long-term finances. The union law they defeated included a prohibition on automatically charging public employees a fee even if they weren't union members.
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Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Firefighters, said unions would immediately turn their efforts to recalling Walker.
If unions can recall Walker, "Now you're talking about having significant impact in the 2012 election cycle for many politicians and putting two battleground states in strong play for our candidates," he said.
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“Another such victory and we are undone.” —Pyrrhus, after the Battle of Asculum (279 B.C.)
In the end the unions will be mugged by reality. Enjoy the party while it lasts, comrades.
I really like this strategy. Make the unions spend themselves dry fighting local measures banning all the coercive, collectivist methods unions are famous for. Collective bargaining, disruptive strikes, trespassing, excessive wages and benefits, etc. Then there is the 50% surtax proposal for government worker salaries that exceed $100K and pensions that exceed $50K/yr.
If we could get measures on ballots at county, city, and state levels, unions would spend to fight those rather than give it to congressional and Obama campaigns.
And in Ohio, the Republicans will let some time pass and re formulate this law. It will take out the provisions that allowed the Unions to hammer them, i.e. including first responders and restore parts that are simply impossible for the Unions to defend. They will have to fight the same battle all over again.
You are absolutely correct. Kasich needs to simply break up the legislation into small pieces, pass each one individually and let the Unions go broke trying to undo each one.
Wait until they tell thier rank and file they will need to raise thier union dues especially those out of work. Many have told me that the union is bringing in more workers than they have jobs for just to get the dues.
John Kasich announced yesterday that they are introducing a Right to Work Law.
Let’s see if the unions have the stomach to do battle all over again.
Kasich needs to simply break up the legislation into small pieces
....it started yesterday with the announcement of a “Right to Work” amendment.
Don't forget, the unions already mandated a one-time $50 fee to the rank and file to help pay for the fight.
Excellent
Keep them on the defense - keep cutting public union employees.
More battles and less union dues coming in.
Eventually - they will get the picture.
We lived in Ohio for many years. A friend of my son works as an EMT in Lebanon, Ohio, he’s been at it for about 6 years or so. I noticed on his face book page that he was encouraging everyone to vote no on issue 2.
I wonder if he has figured out what’s going to happen when the State of Ohio fails to send out those checks to Lebanon to offset their budget shortfall.
The short sightedness is astounding.
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