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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Labor advocates wary of new political wind now blowing at the Statehouse. |
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By Bill Rice - January 3, 2011 |
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Critics of public employee unions say salaries and - particularly - benefits in the public sector are out of sync with those in the private sector. Many want to scale back the clout of public employee unions, or eliminate then altogether, which they say will allow reductions that will save governments money and help balance budgets. But as Bill Rice of member station WCPN reports, labor advocates disagree, and want to head off efforts to curb public sector bargaining rights. |
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Bill Rice reports (2:36) 
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