issue 2/senate bill 5 is an attack on unions as a whole, continuing what appears to be the republican strategy of weakening organized labor(weakening their democratic opponents) and seen by many as being the first step in trying to turn ohio into a 'right to work' or, imo, a 'right to work for less money, benefits, and health and safety protections....senate bill 5 seeks to limit what govenment unions can collective bargain for, and by instituting new rules on what can be bargained for...Senate Bill 5, page 230, 4117.08 C: “nothing … impairs the right and responsibility of each public employer to......5)make any and all reasonable rules and regulations....as written, if the union wanted to collectively bargain against something, all the other side of the table would have to say is that what is being bargained against is 'reasonable', and that the union can't collective bargain on it...the bill accomplishes giving the public employer the power to determine what can be bargained for/against by its elimation of binding arbitration.
by eliminating binding arbitration, you effectively kill collective bargaining. disputes would be handled by the employer's 'legislative body'...heads the employer wins, tails the union loses. this is why the firefighters, police, and nurses are having such a fit, because this eliminates being able to bargain staffing levels. all the employer has to say is that the levels they want are 'reasonable' and can't be bargained on. there are no checks and balances in this bill.