Governor John Kasich has announced his intention to push for a radical retrenchment of Ohio’s Public Employee Bargaining Law, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4117. Passed in 1983 during the first year of Governor Richard Celeste’s term, the bill gave unions representing state employees the right to bargain with the state, allowed unions representing state and
Collective Bargaining
Labor Department Threat to Attorney-Client Confidentiality
The Department of Labor has been taking aggressive steps to prevent employers from exercising their rights to provide information to their employees during union campaigns. Under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, employers must disclose the amounts they spend on consultants either attempting to influence their employees about the choice of unionization or providing information…