Today is a sad day for Ohio's middle class. With the passage of Senate Bill 5, Ohio Senators have shown they would rather push a partisan agenda to punish the middle class than work on solutions to our jobs crisis.
The amended version of the original bill is only smoke and mirrors. This bill remains an assault on the middle class because the foundation of this bill is still rooted in a broader anti-worker agenda. You can't fix something that was already broken from the start.
From the start, this bill has been a one-sided affair. Workers and community members were not consulted at any time during the process. Political games were played with the hearing process which silenced the voice of hundreds of opponents of the bill. Middle class Ohioans were locked out, literally, from having their voices heard.
Ohio Senators were elected to create jobs but those who have supported this wrongheaded bill have shown that they are more concerned with political payback than revitalizing our struggling economy.
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Statement from Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga on Passage of Senate Bill 5 in the Senate
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